Several Washington state senators have proposed providing $400,000 in seed funding to help start a Tacoma campus of the University of Washington School of Law. Tacoma lost its law school in 1999 when the University of Puget Sound sold its
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Why Electric Cars Require Us to Get Electric Rates Right Now
I got gas a couple of weeks ago. Ok – mostly that wouldn’t be worth reporting. But it was the first time for my new Ford C-Max Energi plug-in hybrid.
“Perfect for a First Year Torts Exam”
On Monday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit certified three questions to the Washington Supreme Court in a caes “perfect for a first year torts exam.” McKown v. Simon Property Group Inc. (pdf) involved a…
Sympathy for a devil?: Eager to hear (civil) thoughts on military mass murderer and death sentencing
Main March 19, 2012Sympathy for a devil?: Eager to hear (civil) thoughts on military mass murderer and death sentencingThe provocative start to the title of this post (as well as the image I have posted) not only borrows from my…
Flour Destroyed at Rat-Infested Food Warehouse
By Dan Flynn
The first thing the inspector from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported seeing in the food storage warehouse was the trapped dead rodent behind the pallet of five pound bags of sugar.Then two twitching rodent legs were seen…
Continued controversy over defendant gettting jailhouse access to kiddie porn he created
Main August 1, 2011Continued controversy over defendant gettting jailhouse access to kiddie porn he createdRegular readers may recall this post last month discussing an interesting local criminal procedure story out of Washington, headlined “Accused sex offender allowed to watch child…
Boise Soldier’s Article 32 Hearing – think probable cause
After three weeks, I am finally out of trial. Well, out in the sense that I am waiting on a jury verdict. Waiting is a killer for everyone in this situation, and I don’t write about cases while they are…
$400,000 Settlement in Unlawful Detention of US Citizen Case
From the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project:Years after being wrongfully detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Rennison Castillo, a United States citizen and Army veteran, is finally receiving an apology and just compensation from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).In…
Bones Found on Your Construction Site: Who Are You Going to Call?
The News Tribune reported this morning about a local machinist in Tacoma, Washington who was “worried he might be put out of business by an unexpected find on the site of his soon-to-be-built shop.” Construction workers were moving dirt and clearing…
SEC Charges Seattle Skin Care Retailer with Accounting Fraud
The SEC charged International Commercial Televison Inc. (ICTV), a Seattle-area skin care retailer, and its former chief financial officer with fraudulently boosting earnings by reporting sales of anti-aging products promoted through Home Shopping Network infomercials while the products still sat…