/washington?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Washington Copyright 2025 À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. en-US Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:50:17 +0000 /washington/articles/2383183?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2383183 The Ninth Circuit refused to revive the Satanic Temple's lawsuit that challenged Idaho's laws criminalizing abortion, ruling in a published amended opinion Tuesday that the religious association of more than 1.5 million Satanists lacked standing to sue, both based on its members and as an organization. Wed, 03 Sep 2025 21:19:22 +0000 /washington/articles/2383756?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2383756 Two Ninth Circuit judges suggested on Wednesday that President Donald Trump had the authority to suspend U.S. refugee admissions in a January executive order, while also hinting that his administration went too far by pulling funding for resettlement support. Wed, 03 Sep 2025 20:10:51 +0000 /washington/articles/2383165?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2383165 International crime rings have fleeced Amazon for nearly $1 million in cash and merchandise through sophisticated manipulation of the company's return process, the retail giant has claimed in a trio of lawsuits filed in Washington federal court. Wed, 03 Sep 2025 19:38:47 +0000 /washington/articles/2383789?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2383789 A Ninth Circuit panel Wednesday affirmed a lower court's ruling that determined a Washington tribe fell short of its evidentiary burden to establish that a 19th century treaty included its customary fishing grounds near the Puget Sound after vacating the dispute for further review last year. Wed, 03 Sep 2025 18:05:32 +0000 /washington/articles/2383727?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2383727 The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday revived the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation's natural resource damages claims against Teck Cominco Metals Ltd. for the company's alleged pollution of the Columbia River. Wed, 03 Sep 2025 17:20:37 +0000 /washington/articles/2383520?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2383520 Clean energy advocates have urged a Washington federal judge to wipe out the Trump administration's decision to freeze funding for new electric-vehicle charging infrastructure, saying the government can't be allowed to drag its feet on a pledge to restore funding. Wed, 03 Sep 2025 16:54:58 +0000 /washington/articles/2383575?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2383575 X waived its arbitration rights in a $20 million severance suit and should not be able to challenge a district court's decision keeping the case in court, Twitter's former chief marketing officer told the Ninth Circuit. Wed, 03 Sep 2025 16:00:28 +0000 /washington/articles/2375290?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2375290 K&L Gates LLP's Washington team obtained multiple wins for Amazon this year while racking up more accomplishments, including guiding software company Center ID Corp. in its sale to American Express, helping Mackay Restaurant Management Group reach a settlement in a trademark dispute and representing the Duwamish Tribe in a victory in federal court. Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:09:20 +0000 /washington/articles/2383129?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2383129 Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP continues to grow its West Coast team, announcing Wednesday two more longtime K&L Gates LLP attorneys have joined as partners — a labor and employment expert in Seattle and a business litigation pro in Los Angeles. Tue, 02 Sep 2025 22:47:43 +0000 /washington/articles/2383304?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2383304 A largely unredacted version of a Washington federal judge's order certifying a class of roughly 300 million consumers in a sweeping antitrust case accusing the e-commerce giant of inflating prices through its merchant policies was filed Friday, offering a window into the court's viewpoints after the initial order was sealed. Tue, 02 Sep 2025 22:25:24 +0000 /washington/articles/2383150?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2383150 A Ninth Circuit panel declined on Tuesday to revive a group of Washington firefighters' suit against their employer for refusing them religious exemptions from a state COVID-19 vaccination mandate, concluding the fire agency would've faced "substantial costs" had it allowed them to continue working without the shot in 2021. Tue, 02 Sep 2025 21:22:12 +0000 /washington/articles/2383091?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2383091 Illinois is breaking federal law by providing in-state tuition, scholarships and other benefits to people who entered the country illegally and in doing so is discriminating against American citizens, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday. Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:54:08 +0000 /washington/articles/2383157?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2383157 An Oregon federal judge on Tuesday tossed a lawsuit challenging a ban on new oil and gas terminals in Portland, Oregon, agreeing that the state of Montana and fuel industry groups failed to show that the ordinance is unconstitutional. Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:48:59 +0000 /washington/articles/2383280?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2383280 A Washington federal judge handling the Federal Trade Commission's landmark antitrust case against Amazon suggested on Tuesday the parties continue working toward a solution after the commission protested that the company failed to pass on documents received from other online retailers in related litigation in California. Tue, 02 Sep 2025 16:49:36 +0000 /washington/articles/2381669?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2381669 The Ninth Circuit's recent ruling in Yuga Labs v. Ripps establishes that NFTs have real, commercial value under U.S. federal trademark law, a new legal precedent that may significantly influence intellectual property enforcement and marketplace policies regarding digital assets going forward, say attorneys at Wilson Elser. Tue, 02 Sep 2025 16:00:28 +0000 /washington/articles/2375291?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2375291 Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has added to its track record as a top firm for Washington state's tech giants, vindicating Amazon from a series of warehouse safety citations and helping corporate clients beat consumer protection and class data privacy suits on the digital law frontier. Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:19:37 +0000 /washington/articles/2381287?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2381287 As I learned when I transitioned from an assistant U.S. attorney to a BigLaw partner, the move from government to private practice is not without its hurdles, but it offers immense potential for growth and the opportunity to use highly transferable skills developed in public service, says Jeffery Vaden at Bracewell. Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:18:42 +0000 /washington/articles/2382648?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2382648 CoStar and a group of hotel companies escaped from a putative antitrust class action when a Washington federal judge drew a distinction between the use of hotel industry benchmarking data and algorithmic rental pricing software of the sort at issue in litigation against Yardi Systems Inc. Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:46:51 +0000 /washington/articles/2382880?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2382880 A veteran Massachusetts jurist on Tuesday responded to suggestions by two U.S. Supreme Court justices that he had defied the high court by going ahead with a bench trial on two challenges to the Trump administration's cuts to National Institutes of Health research grants, saying he would never intentionally disregard precedent. Mon, 01 Sep 2025 20:00:28 +0000 /washington/articles/2378897?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2378897 À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ's annual list of regional powerhouses reflects not only the work of exemplary firms, but also emerging legal trends in each state, from matters involving Colorado's growing life sciences industry, to an uptick in bankruptcies in Delaware, to the continued flurry of intellectual property litigation in California.