We’re Growing — Join Betts Patterson & Mines Betts Patterson & Mines is a boutique litigation firm with a strong Pacific Northwest presence, and we’re expanding. We’re hiring WA- and OR-licensed junior and mid-level associates
We’re Growing — Join Betts Patterson & Mines Betts Patterson & Mines is a boutique litigation firm with a strong Pacific Northwest presence, and we’re expanding. We’re hiring WA- and OR-licensed junior and mid-level associates
Tasha joined the firm in November 2024 and quickly established herself as a trusted advisor in estate planning and estate administration, including trust administration and probate matters in both Oregon and Washington. Tony also joined
On May 8, 2019, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed into law Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1450 (“ESHB 1450”), a new law governing noncompetition agreements in the State of Washington. The law takes effect on
Under Washington law, it is conventional wisdom that a carrier should defend the insured under a reservation of rights and file a declaratory judgment action. Coverage by estoppel, or losing the right to challenge coverage
In October, Division Two of the Washington Court of Appeals held that a UIM insurer cannot be compelled to disclose attorney-client privileged and work-product documents generated after a claimant has filed a bad-faith suit. Richardson
In the recent aftermath of the Washington Supreme Court’s 2017 decision in Xia v. Probuilders, many feared the end of the application of CGL exclusions in Washington. But the most recent decision to apply Xia
In the golden days of yesteryear, Oregon law was mostly a model of fairness to insurance companies. But it increasingly appears that those days must be safely tucked away in the nostalgia file. The tenor
Last week, the Washington Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Xia v. ProBuilders Specialty Ins. Co. on the subject of the absolutely pollution exclusion (“APE”) as applied to a carbon monoxide leak in a
Although the Insurance Fair Conduct Act (IFCA) has been in place for ten years now, the Washington Supreme Court has at last resolved one of the Act’s most significant ambiguities: whether a regulatory violation, without
