The Washington state Supreme Court has upheld, on a 5-4 ruling, a Spokane County Superior Court judge's dismissal of a wrongful termination lawsuit brought against Nova Services, of Spokane, by a number of its former employees.The ruling a 2-1 a

In a growing number of legal disputes, opposing parties are now sharing relevant information—a pretrial phase called discovery—in the form of computer files. While some forms of electronic discovery have become routine, others involving &

A banker friend of mine says a colleague says these days, "In banking, 'flat' is the new 'up.'" Why bankers would laugh ruefully at such a remark was obvious when I worked on a story last issue about Sterling Financial Corp., of Spokane, from a

Star Label Co., a Spokane Valley label manufacturer, says retail giant Costco Wholesale Corp., of Issaquah, Wash., has given it a three-year contract to continue making labels for the chain's meat, bakery, and deli departments nationwide.Diana a

Personal income in the Spokane metropolitan area, though still lagging national benchmarks, grew at a faster rate last year than in the Seattle, Boise, and Portland markets, and also grew faster than the U.S. average, recently released data show. a

KDR Powersports LLC, a motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle, and snowmobile sales and service business, is expanding and remodeling its showroom and plans to move its service department to larger quarters in an adjacent building.Co-owner Dexter says

Contineo Technologies Inc., a Spokane technology company, has opened an office in Fort Worth, Texas, in response to what it sees as a growth opportunity in that region of the U.S.The nine-year-old company, which employs 13 people here, in data a

Hospice of North Idaho says it plans to begin construction next spring on a $3.5 million Hospice House facility on a six-acre piece of property it has purchased at 2212 W. Prairie, in Coeur d'Alene.The land, which the nonprofit recently bought a