Shamrock Paving Co., of Spokane, has won contracts for two paving projects here with a combined value of just under $1 million. One of the projects is a paving job for Spokane International Airport, for which Shamrock bid $568,000. The other is
Real Life Ministries, a fast-growing Post Falls church, has started work on a $1.9 million construction project on its main campus.The project includes erecting a 16,000-square-foot building, most of which will be occupied by the church's thrift
The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law and UCLA School of Law said earlier this year that they've launched a blog called Legal Planet that provides insight and analysis on climate change, energy, and environmental law and policy. The
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
William J. Powell enrolled in law school just to see if he liked being a lawyer. It turned out he did. Now, Powell, who graduated from the University of Washington's law school in 1956, has been practicing for 53 years, and continues today at &
In a growing number of legal disputes, opposing parties are now sharing relevant informationa pretrial phase called discoveryin the form of computer files. While some forms of electronic discovery have become routine, others involving &
Law-school graduates seeking their first job are feeling the effects of an economy that has buffeted both the public and private sectors and brought hiring to a near standstill, say industry observers here. Job offers for new lawyers are scarce
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