- March 15, 2018A new Seattle ordinance, effective February 19, 2018, prohibits landlords from screening tenants based upon their criminal records. According to…
- March 1, 2018As reported recently in the CAI Law Reporter, the end of 2017 saw a number of state courts rule on the…
- February 21, 2018Here it is, the Washington Common Interest Ownership Act that we have been talking about for years. It has finally…
- February 8, 2018Under Oregon state law, condominium associations and homeowner associations have an automatic lien against the unit or lot for unpaid…
- January 11, 2018It’s an all too familiar story: a store customer slips on spilled liquid in an aisle, is injured in the…
- November 9, 2017Since I worked as in-house counsel for a debt collection agency prior to joining Barker Martin, I find I am…
- August 3, 2017With the mercury hitting record highs this week, I look out my office window and dream of jumping into a…
- June 1, 2017My colleagues and I have blogged about the importance of recognizing requests for reasonable accommodations/modifications, carefully and thoughtfully considering them,…
- April 27, 2017This is the time of the year when many community associations hold board member elections. The process is easy, right?…
- March 30, 2017Are we dealing with part of a unit, the common elements or a limited common element? This is often the…