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Washington state apples are ready for shipment. A coalition of farm groups is pushing for a legislative fix after a Supreme Court ruling subjected farms to lawsuits for back overtime pay. A Washington state court ruling has prompted lawyers to file 24 lawsuits for back overtime pay for farmworkers.
Dairy and other farm groups in Washington state are seeking protections from lawmakers after a state Supreme Court ruling in November opened the door to lawsuits against growers for back overtime pay for workers.
In a 5-4 decision that’s expected to apply to all of agriculture, the state’s high court ruled Washington’s dairy workers are entitled to overtime pay if they work more than 40 hours a week.
MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: January 5, 2021
Edmonds-based full-service law firm Beresford Booth has added three lawyers to the firm’s team.
“We are thrilled to welcome these experienced lawyers to our firm,” said David C. Tingstad, the firm’s managing partner. “We continue to grow in response to client demand. Our new attorneys’ experience in litigation, business law and estate planning will be a great complement to our practice and will provide great value to our clients.”
Ryan Dyer
Ryan Dyer is a member of the litigation group and has experience litigating a broad range of cases, including cases involving complex personal injury claims, insurance coverage disputes, consumer protection act claims, HOA disputes, regulatory compliance matters and commercial-business disputes, along with a wide-array of real property claims. He graduated magna cum laude from Seattle University Law School and earned his bachelor of science degree in economics and business forecasting
Mangino: Few criminal trials feature the defendant s testimony
Matthew T. Mangino
The answer is complicated.
Let s start with the fact that in state and federal courts only a small percentage of cases even go to trial. According to the Pew Research Center, in 2018 nearly 80,000 people were prosecuted in federal criminal court only 2% went to trial.
Choosing to go to trial can be a risk. One concern is the trial penalty, a widely lamented tool of prosecutors used to punish people who go to trial more harshly than similarly situated defendants who plea bargain.
In some jurisdictions, including federal court, the gap between sentences has gotten so wide that defense attorneys have coined the phrase plea bargaining coercion, to portray clients who plead guilty to avoid the draconian punishment for exercising their right to trial.
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