Lauren E. Sancken discusses writing an effective supplemental authorities letter.
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Words Matter: Interpreting RPCs
Interpretation of the words of the Rules of Professional Conduct (RPCs) can determine whether a lawyer will be subject to discipline or a law firm to disqualification.
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Treasurer’s Report > A Positive Reforecast and Looking to 2022
COLUMN > We are well and truly into the height of summer, and because financial tomes do not generally rank high on lists of riveting beach reads (unless, of course, you are the WSBA treasurer), I want to provide just a few quick fiscal updates.
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President’s Corner > A Glimpse Into Our Future (and New Normal)
COLUMN > In April, I experienced for the first time what I had envisioned—and had been eagerly looking forward to—during my WSBA presidency: an in-person Board of Governors meeting. Now, to be sure, “in person” looked and felt much different than in the past but, for the first time in more than a year, a small group of us gathered in the same room to conduct the Bar’s business and to commune.
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Beyond the Bar Number – Ralph W. Flick
Ralph W. Flick > After a more than 20-year corporate transactional career as an in-house lawyer, I am now a professor at Pacific Lutheran University, where I teach business law and human resources.
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And the Temple Rocked
The Washington Supreme Court’s foundation-shaking decision in Martinez-Cuevas v. DeRuyter Bros. Dairy holds dairy workers entitled to overtime protections.
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