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08/26/2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/22/world/asia/india-muslim-divorce-triple-talaq.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FU.S.%20Supreme%20Court&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=collection

Until now, Muslim men in the country could end their marriage by saying the Arabic word “talaq” three times. Women had no such right.

01/26/2017

New Washington Supreme Court decision today, announcing a significant victory for estates of Washington residents who perish in aircraft accidents. See my article at: http://skagit-law.com/victory-for-washington-estates-against-aircraft-industry/

Small aircraft are popular in the Pacific Northwest, just come to Anacortes and the San Juan Islands on a sunny day and you will find the place abuzz with activity. But when the worst happens, does the estate of a airplane crash victim have the right to sue the aircraft manufacturer under Washington...

01/06/2015

Local business law focus: http://www.anacortesbusinesslaw.com

Skagit lawyer, Business Law attorney - Anacortes

01/06/2015

Our firm web site has a wealth of new information for families and small businesses: http://www.olympiclegal.com

Neli Espe - a Skagit County Lawyer - Business Law Attorney - Skagit Estate and Business Law attorney Neli Espe, Anacortes - Skagit lawyer in Anacortes - business, estate, probate and real estate law

01/06/2015

Our blog has a new home and a new look: http://skagit-law.com

Did the High Court get it right in 2014? At least in one case – it did! Neli Espe •January 2, 2015Business Law In one of the biggest securities cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, Erica P. John Fund v. Halliburton, Halliburton was hoping to get rid of the fraud-on-the-market presumption, which reli…

05/27/2011

Local property owners are taking up the “2030 Challenge” to reduce energy use, carbon emissions and water use in buildings. One great example of a green building in Western Washington is the Cascadia Center for Sustainable Design and Construction, a commercial building in Seattle. To learn more, visit http://www.cascadiacenter.info/.

07/04/2010

Supreme Court on honest services fraud: http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=9550098994359466785&hl=en&as_sdt=2&as_vis=1&oi=scholarr

In 2001, Enron Corporation, then the seventh highest-revenue-grossing company in America, crashed into bankruptcy. We consider in this opinion two questions arising from the prosecution of Jeffrey Skilling, a longtime Enron executive, for crimes committed before the corporation's collapse. First, di...

07/04/2010

Supreme Court says NLRB cannot
act when only two of its five positions are filled:http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-1457.pdf

07/03/2010

Welcome to Olympic Legal on Facebook! This is a great opportunity to get some feedback from the Anacortes business community.