Foster Pepper attorneys assist Public Utility District No. 1 of Okanogan County in condemning easements needed for construction of new transmission line In 1930, in the first-ever initiative to the people of the State of Washington, the voters authorized ...

Foster Pepper attorneys assist City of Yelm in securing future water supply and approval of regional mitigation The Washington state Pollution Controls Hearing Board on Monday affirmed 942 acre-feet of new water rights for the City of Yelm.  ...

March 6, 2013 - On Friday, March 1, 2013, the sequestration provisions of the Budget Control Act of 2011 (“Sequestration”) went into effect.  As a result, according to the Internal Revenue Service, federal subsidy payments relating to Direct-Pay ...

March 5, 2013 – A recent order dismissed claims by 126 property owners against the Port of Seattle. The property owners claimed that noise, vibration, and emissions from aircraft operations increased after the Third Runway at Sea-Tac Airport opened ...

Recently, the City of Seattle’s Energy Benchmarking and Reporting Program expanded to include nonresidential and multifamily buildings that are 20,000 square feet or greater, excluding parking. Previously, the reporting requirement applied only to ...

The final stage of patent reforms in the United States mandated under the American Invents Act (AIA) will go into effect on March 16, 2013. The most impactful of these reforms will be the shift from a first-to-invent system to a first-to-file system. ...

Classification Societies play an important role in connection with constructing, operating and insuring vessels. While classification certificates issued by a Classification Society for a particular vessel provide validation to the vessel’s owner that ...

January 9, 2013 - Just before adjournment, the 2012 Legislature adopted significant SEPA amendments (2ESSB 6406, Ch. 1, Laws of 2012 1st Special Session) that we reported in previous News Alerts: Governor Acts on Bill Amending Environmental and Natural ...

December 10, 2012 - The American Land Title Association (ALTA) promulgated several new title policy endorsement forms in April 2012. Several existing endorsements were withdrawn and others were significantly modified. These new forms have been approved ...

November 28, 2012 - The State of California recently eased its timing requirements for when certain vessels planning to operate in California waters have to provide evidence of financial responsibility for potential oil spills. California's Lempert-Keene-Seastrand ...

October 31, 2012 - According to the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB), federal credit payments relating to Direct-Pay Tax Credit Bonds, including Build America Bonds (BABs) and Qualified School Construction Bonds (QSCBs) issued by Washington ...