Admittedly, I am not a live blogger. However, I just finished watching the Senate Judiciary Open Hearing on what is now SHB 1349 on TVW. And because I had sent along my previous post to the office of the bill’s sponsor WA House Rep. Jeff Morris of the 40th District, I felt a little bit
Casting Call for Reality TV show about Warring Neighbors
Those of you living in the greater Los Angeles area in a serious dust-up with your neighbors might be interested in this; a casting call for which you may fit the bill.
Is it hard to love thy neighbor?
Major network is now casting a brand-new documentary series that aims to resolve ongoing conflicts
HB 1349 – An Act Relating to Private Road Maintenance Agreements
Kerry Randall a mortgage banker for Peoples Bank dialed me in to a new bill that is working its way through Olympia’s legislative python.
HB 1349, which is sponsored by WA House Rep. Jeff Morris of the 40th District, seeks to provide a legislative default for private road maintenance agreements when one does not already exist.
The
Rethinking Neighborhood Terrorism
This morning I did a Rotary make-up at the Magnolia club. The speaker was past president of the Washington Center on International Trade (WCIT) and Seattle #4 (perenially one of the – if not the – largest Rotary club’s in the world). This speaker was none other than Ret. Admiral Bill Center and his talk was titled: “Rethinking America’s Approach
Yours Truly to Present to Surveyors at WSS – ACSM about Washington State’s New Adverse Possession Law
On Thursday, January 19th, yours truly is being given the opportunity to speak to the Washington State Section of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (“WSS – ACSM”). The topic write-up is this:
Last year the Washington State legislature changed the law of adverse possession by giving courts discretion to award (1) reasonable attorney fees and
Kitsap County Superior Court Judge Theodore Spearman Passes Away
The Kitsap Sun here reports the unfortunate passing of Kitsap Superior Court Judge Theodore Spearman on Tuesday. Judge Spearman was 64 and died due to complications from a brain aneurysm. He had stepped down from the bench only two weeks prior. This is truly a shame!
Judge Spearman presided over a settlement conference which due
Anyone up for a Prescriptive Easement Case in Sacramento County, CA?
I had a conversation the other day with a surveyor who’s mother in Sacramento County, California has a neighbor who seeks to block her longstanding access to her roadway.
In a quick ‘napkin-top rundown‘ of her case, the surveyor explained that there is a non-contiguous, triangular portion of land which runs on what intuitively is perceived and
The Persuasive Trial Attorney – A Thoroughly Engaging WSBA CLE
Friday, I went to the WSBA’s The Persuasive Trial Attorney: What Works and What Doesn’t CLE. It was a fantastic program!
1. It was moderated… no, hosted by the WSBA’s immediate past president Salvador Mungia.
2. Regular Guests on Friday’s show – Legal Eagles all – included: Jeffrey Beaver, Ralph Brindley
Roosevelt Height Limit Lifted from 4 to 6 Stories
Erica C. Barnett of PubliCola has offered their readers a news alert that I would like to echo. In a piece titled Council Committee Raises Heights in Roosevelt, she explains:
The city council’s land use committee just voted to raise maximum building heights on three blocks adjacent to Roosevelt High School to 65 feet,
Do Litigation Holds Apply To Boundary Dispute Cases?
Litigation holds seek to preserve evidence that might otherwise be destroyed. I know very little about this subject, so if in need I would seek counsel from K&L Gates E-Discovery Group conveniently located here in Seattle.
Yet, of the limited knowledge that I do posess, I am to believe litigation holds are issued almost exclusively in the corporate environment in order