Social Media Blocking
US Supreme Court Establishes New Test for When Municipal Officials Can be Sued for First Amendment Violations for Blocking of Persons from Social Media Accounts.
February 2024 Knowing the Waters
In communities across the State, port districts are working on significant projects that benefit their communities such as expanding broadband service, marina improvements, development of marginal lands into business parks, to name a few.
New Beneficial Ownership Interest (BOI) Reporting Requirement
You may have recently heard that there is a new federal reporting requirement for businesses referred to as “BOI Reporting,” and this may have left you wondering if it applies to your business and what deadlines you may need to meet.
January 2024 Knowing the Waters
In communities across the State, port districts are working on significant projects that benefit their communities such as expanding broadband service, marina improvements, development of marginal lands into business parks, to name a few.
December 2023 Knowing the Waters – Santa Answers
It is a little-known fact that the Washington Public Port’s Association has a long standing interlocal agreement with the Greater North Pole Port Authority (“GNPPA”).
November 2023 Knowing the Waters – Free Speech
We were recently asked about the ability of protestors coming to a port district to protest the handling of a certain type of cargo at a port shipping terminal (we don’t know the nature of the cargo). The subject of this month’s column is port districts and use of port property for speech related activities.
October 2023 Knowing the Waters
Back in July 2020, in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Knowing the Waters addressed the impacts of Governor Inslee’s emergency proclamations concerning residential tenancies on port districts with liveaboard moorage customers, recreational vehicle (“RV”) parks, and other similar facilities.
August 2023 Knowing the Waters
August 2023 Knowing the Waters – Commission Resolutions and [...]
New Standard for Religious Accommodations under Title VII
New Standard for Religious Accommodations under Title VII [...]
July 2023 Knowing the Waters
July 2023 Knowing the Waters - Litigation Involving the [...]