What’s the Best Corporate Structure to Protect Small Business Owners?
http://time.com/money/4394075/best-structure-small-businesses/
Denying Residential Housing Because Of A Criminal Record May Be Unlawful Discrimination
Recently the Federal Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) told residential landlords and home sellers that turning down tenants and buyers based upon his or her criminal history may violate the Federal Fair Housing Act. Because of purported wide-spread racial and ethnic disparities in the U.S. criminal justice system, criminal history based restrictions on access to […]
Washington State Residential Contractor Right To Cure And Litigation Options
Options are limited with a Washington State contractor who performs sub-standard work, grossly over charges the residential property owner for the work, and the local building inspector issues notices of correction for the work before the job can be continued or issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy. The residential property owner and contractor’s relationship […]
Washington State Department of Financial Institutions
Beware of phishing scams in connection with wire transfers and the release of other private information The Department wants to caution licensees about “social engineering” scams targeting licensees and their customers. Social engineering scams are when hackers use information about the target gathered from various social media sites or online avenues to gain access to […]
Does property owner have the right to shoot down hobbyist’s hovering drone?
http://www.abajournal.com/mobile/article/does_property_owner_have_the_right_to_shoot_down_hobbyists_hovering_drone/
Employers required to give workers up to 5 paid sick days by Spokane City Council | The Spokesman-Review
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/jan/11/employers-required-to-give-workers-up-to-5-paid-si/
Supreme Court Denies Appeal on Student-Loan Erasure – WSJ
http://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-denies-appeal-on-student-loan-erasure-1452527286
Giving Thanks for Social Purpose Corporations | Stacey Romberg
A Public Benefit Corporation is still a for-profit business entity. However, it differs from other for-profit corporations in one significant way: The corporation is required to aim to benefit the public (i.e., do good) and must include that purpose in its corporate charter. The corporation’s board of directors must take the goal of aiding the […]
Unmanned Drones And Emerging Risk Issues
An unmanned aircraft flies over a raging forest fire, alerting firefighters to where the blaze is most dangerous; another hovers over a construction site conducting a building inspection; and a third sweeps through a neighborhood taking photographs that showcase the exterior and interior of a home listed for sale. While this may sound like some […]
Supreme Court Sides With Muslim Abercrombie Job Applicant over Head Scarf – WSJ
The Supreme Court on Monday said a Muslim woman who applied to work at Abercrombie & Fitch Co. can raise discrimination claims without proving the company intentionally avoided hiring her because she wore a head scarf for religious reasons.The 8-1 decision heightened the duty employers have to accommodate workers’ religious practices, ruling that federal law […]