/washington?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Washington Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:08:26 +0000 /washington/articles/2357377?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2357377 A split Ninth Circuit panel has refused to vacate a Mexican national's conviction for possession of a firearm while present in the U.S. without authorization, saying there's no reasonable likelihood that the jury would have reached a different conclusion with different instructions. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:20:17 +0000 /washington/articles/2357135?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2357135 A contractor tapped to manage and operate a tank farm holding millions of gallons of hazardous and radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear site in Washington will pay $6.5 million to settle claims it overcharged the U.S. Department of Energy for labor hours, according to federal prosecutors. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:25:23 +0000 /washington/articles/2348925?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2348925 Law schools don’t spend sufficient time dispelling certain myths that prevent young lawyers from exploring new business opportunities, but by dismissing these misguided beliefs, even an introverted first-year associate with a small network of contacts can find long-term success, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:59:55 +0000 /washington/articles/2356701?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2356701 Perkins Coie LLP has added a partner in Seattle who previously practiced at K&L Gates LLP, where she was co-practice group coordinator of the global tax team and leader of the family office industry group. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 23:09:17 +0000 /washington/articles/2357155?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2357155 A Seattle federal judge Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from withholding funds for electric vehicle charging infrastructure projects in 14 states, but stopped short of applying it to two other states and Washington, D.C., and stayed the order to give the administration time to appeal. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 23:02:19 +0000 /washington/articles/2356475?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2356475 A Washington smoke chain has agreed to end claims against several rivals it accused of trademark infringement after they allegedly engaged in unauthorized use of its name, Smoke City, so they could trade on the goodwill it had developed with customers. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 21:02:33 +0000 /washington/articles/2356341?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2356341 Hockey players' unions and individual players have appealed to the Ninth Circuit after a Washington federal judge dismissed their antitrust lawsuit accusing the National Hockey League and the Canadian Hockey League of conspiring to suppress wages for junior league players. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:41:16 +0000 /washington/articles/2356384?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2356384 A former Gree USA executive has appealed his conviction and 38-month prison sentence in the first-ever criminal prosecution of individuals under the Consumer Product Safety Act, according to a Tuesday filing in California federal court. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:16:05 +0000 /washington/articles/2357066?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2357066 A jury should decide if a former jail inmate was forced to accept a prepaid debit card and pay related fees when his money was returned to him upon release, a Washington federal magistrate judge said on Tuesday, advancing a class action against Central Bank of Kansas City. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:39:38 +0000 /washington/articles/2357071?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2357071 X Corp. challenged a request from former Twitter employees in Washington state to make the social media giant arbitrate claims about unpaid severance and bonuses, telling a federal judge that there is a lack of evidence showing the workers have valid arbitration agreements with the company. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 19:37:59 +0000 /washington/articles/2356309?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2356309 Poor training and persistent quality control lapses on Boeing's manufacturing and assembly lines, along with the Federal Aviation Administration's ineffective oversight of the plane-maker, led to the January 2024 door-plug blowout aboard a 737 Max 9 jet operated by Alaska Airlines, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:59:59 +0000 /washington/articles/2357055?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2357055 Medline did not qualify for a $2.4 million remittance of sales tax paid toward the construction of a state warehouse, a Washington state appeals panel affirmed Tuesday, saying the medical supplier failed to show that it merited a key tax incentive. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:56:12 +0000 /washington/articles/2357086?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2357086 A Washington federal judge suggested Tuesday that a proposed class action in which consumers are accusing Sirius XM of charging a misleading "royalty fee" has potentially been undercut by the satellite radio provider's decision in 2024 to change disclosures on its website to reflect music plan pricing in lump sums. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:53:48 +0000 /washington/articles/2356690?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2356690 A group of Apple customers from New Jersey and Illinois who were denied class certification last year in a suit alleging the company falsely markets the storage capacity of 16-gigabyte iPhones and iPads preinstalled with the iOS 8 operating system filed a new proposed class action Monday in California federal court.   Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:31:41 +0000 /washington/articles/2356769?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2356769 Nordstrom dodged a proposed class action claiming it saddled its 401(k) plan with excessive fees and used forfeited plan funds to offset its own contributions, with a Washington state federal judge saying inaccurate data and flawed comparisons to other plans couldn't sustain the case. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:58:46 +0000 /washington/articles/2356800?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2356800 A directors and officers liability insurer had a duty to defend and indemnify a venture capital investor in a now-resolved lawsuit over the sale of a company immediately after a merger, a California federal court ruled, finding a dilution-of-shares exception in an exclusion applicable. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:54:26 +0000 /washington/articles/2356227?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2356227 Senate tax writers working on the $3.8 trillion budget reconciliation bill should support its international tax provisions intended to protect U.S. multinationals from paying higher taxes under the OECD's framework, a House Ways and Means Committee member said Tuesday. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:24:03 +0000 /washington/articles/2356857?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2356857 Apple urged the Ninth Circuit on Monday to nix a district court's "unduly punitive" mandate blocking it from charging any commission on iPhone app purchases made outside its systems, arguing an Epic Games injunction redux goes far beyond the original order and attacks conduct that's not illegal under California law. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:46:56 +0000 /washington/articles/2356432?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2356432 Boeing is urging a Washington federal court to compel a defunct South African airline to turn over documents about its financial state and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on its business from 2019 to 2021, as the plane maker fights a suit alleging it hid the flaws of its 737 Max line. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:24:40 +0000 /washington/articles/2356985?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2356985 A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday denied the Trump administration's request to stay a recent order that it resume processing National Institutes of Health grant applications and releasing funds, warning that even one more day of delay would lead to irreparable harm.