There were many things people weren’t able to do during the pandemic-induced lockdown, one of which is going to water parks. Water cannot transmit COVID-19, but because water parks and theme parks are often crowded, they were deemed high-risk places during the pandemic.
Because of the pandemic, Halloween celebrations last year were held mostly online. But this year, as the State of Washington continues to recover from the pandemic, Halloween traditions such as trick-or-treat and scavenger hunt are back — albeit with proper precautions.
You probably already know that Britney Spears is one of the biggest pop stars on the planet. You also probably know more about her now than ever before. The most noteworthy fact about her at the moment, however, is that she is finally going to be freed from her 13-year-long conservatorship.
"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
This opening line from the Leo Tolstoy novel Anna Karenina rings true across time. With no disrespect to the Russian author, it is also true that many families sink into unhappiness because of a common reason: the parents are separating.
Business owners know that it’s impossible to please everybody. When unhappy with a product or service, customers may ask for a refund or write a negative review on Yelp. Unhappy customers-from-hell, on the other hand, may want the business to get prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law albeit having no legal basis.
It seems as if the world doesn’t talk about Johnny Deep and Amber Heard’s divorce often enough. We, family law attorneys in the Evergreen state, particularly don’t feel as if we’ve talked about them as much as we talk about other celebrity splitters — not that we don’t talk divorce in our Renton offices often enough.
Being a reality TV star sounds like a dream job. But be warned: if you decide to star in a reality TV show, you might easily find yourself in litigious situations. So if you get a call to star in, say, The Real Housewives of Seattle, you may want to consider consulting your attorney.
The first episode of the Netflix series Untold gave an insider perspective on one of the biggest brouhahas in US sports history. The infamous Pacers-Pistons brawl, also referred to as The Malice at the Palace, was so serious that it resulted in hefty fines, physical injuries, arrests, lawsuits, and most importantly, a wasted shot at an NBA title campaign.
Mothers know best — that is unless the mother is a YouTuber who teams up with her husband to monetize both their biological and adopted children’s presence on their YouTube channels and social media pages.
In a normal child custody dispute, the best interests of children are considered above all else.
You’ve heard this one before — an old woman orders coffee at McDonald’s, scalds herself with the boiling-hot beverage, sues the fast food chain, and wins. And most likely your first thought may have been, “Wait, wasn’t that her fault?”
This now-classic story (which we previously covered in this article on not-so-frivolous personal injury lawsuits) is one of the reasons why it seems America is the land of the free and the home of the frivolous lawsuit.