Summit Law Blog

On June 9, 2025, Governor Tina Kotek signed SB 426 into law, marking a significant change to wage liability for Oregon's construction industry. Aimed to combat wage theft, Oregon's new legislation introduces strict joint and several liability, making property owners and direct contractors legally responsible for unpaid wages owed to "unrepresented employees" (workers not covered by a collective bargaining agreement) of a direct contractor or subcontractor, regardless of their tier in the contracting chain. As a result, an unrepresented employee can seek payment from the ...

Valerie Shmigol attended IAPP’s Global Privacy Summit (“IAPP GPS25”) in Washington D.C. 

You can easily form your own LLC with Washington State, without the need to pay a third-party service.

On schedule, Washington State's AI Task Force ("Task Force") published its Inaugural Report ("Report"). Spanning 49 pages, the Report largely reiterates familiar information, offers one policy recommendation, and leaves us with many lingering questions. Let's dive in. 

Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) Update as of December 26, 2024.

In an article for Washington State Bar News, University of Washington School of Law Professor Jeffrey M. Feldman recently met with Judge Morgan Christen of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

In a matter of first impression in Washington State, two Washington Superior Court judges have recognized that Legislators have a constitutional privilege against disclosure of any records relating to internal legislative deliberations concerning bills contemplated or introduced in either house of the Legislature.

Transferring a rental property into an LLC can be a smart asset protection and estate planning move, but it is not without its challenges. In this blog post, we will explore the pros and cons of transferring a rental property into an LLC to help you decide whether an LLC would be right for your rental business. 

Operating a business through a legal entity such as a corporation or limited liability company ("LLC") generally shields the company's owners from the business' liabilities by way of a "corporate veil".

As Attorney General, Bob Ferguson successfully led efforts to create an Artificial Intelligence Task Force. Artificial intelligence could be one of the first issues Bob Ferguson addresses as governor, with the Task Force scheduled to release its preliminary report just a few weeks before he is sworn in.