JZK Inc. v. Virginia Coverdale We appealed the June 2013 summary judgment ruling in favor of JZK, Inc. The lower court's ruling found that, as a matter of law, Ms. Coverdale breached a contract which prohibits the release of "any information" participants learn while attending events at Plaintiff's facility. We believe that allowing any for profit corporation to contractually bind its customers to secrecy violates public policy. Further, a company cannot bypass established trademark, copyright, and patent law to transform unprotected information into protected intellectual property via a clause in a boilerplate contract.
After two years of painstakingly making our way through the appeals wait list, Division II of the Washington Court of Appeals heard oral argument on September 11, 2015. Breckan Scott presented on direct, and her co-counsel, Anthony Gipe, did an exemplary rebuttal argument. A decision could be made at any time between now and several months from now. Once a decision is made, we will update you on our blog. In the meantime, feel free to follow recent WA Supreme Court and Appellate Court cases at: https://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/ What kind of legal information, articles, posts, etc would you most be interested in seeing here?
Local legal issues? Current WA Supreme Court and Court of Appeals cases? US Supreme Court cases with commentary? Practical legal guides? As I grow this blog, I'd love to get feedback from the people who will be reading it! Please feel free to comment and share freely via social media! Published and posted originally in the October 2012 edition of WSAJ Trial News 
The Florida Stand Your Ground Law and What It Does: A specific explanation of how the law overreaches by going beyond allowing the use of deadly force in protection of yourself or your home, and encourages pursuit.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017741604_shooting14m.html?prmid=4939
On February 22, 2012 a 9 year old boy brought a loaded .45 caliber handgun to school. It was in the child’s backpack when he slammed the pack onto a desk, and the gun inside discharged. It hit an eight year old girl who was a classmate of the boy. The bullet narrowly missed vital organs, but the girl has been subjected to multiple surgeries, and nearly died. We will be adding both current content as well as reposting content from our previous blog.
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