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Latest News in Washington
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December 23, 2025
Intent Not Needed To Boost ID Theft Sentence, 9th Circ. Says
Federal prosecutors need not show that a defendant intended to commit fraud with stolen materials that have authentication features, such as driver's licenses, for courts to apply a sentencing enhancement for possessing those materials, the Ninth Circuit has held.
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December 23, 2025
Farm To Pay $1M To Settle Claims It Favored Foreign Workers
Washington state apple and hops producer Cornerstone Ranches and associated companies will pay $1 million to resolve claims by Attorney General Nick Brown that the farm fired local agricultural workers in favor of hiring temporary, foreign employees, according to a consent decree announced by the attorney general's office on Tuesday.
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December 23, 2025
Full 9th Circ. Won't Hear Ex-Theranos Exec Balwani's Appeal
A Ninth Circuit panel rejected ex-Theranos executive Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani's en banc hearing request to reconsider his 12-count conviction and nearly 13-year prison sentence, while also amending its opinion to clarify that there was "ample evidence" to convict Balwani, even if prosecutors failed to correct a witness's testimony.
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December 23, 2025
OCC Wants To Preempt State Mortgage Escrow Interest Laws
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has unveiled a pair of proposals aiming to, among other things, preempt state laws requiring banks it regulates to make interest payments for escrow accounts connected to certain types of residential mortgage loans, calling it a "critical tool for reducing unnecessary burden."
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December 23, 2025
IP Lawyer Aims To Toss Amazon's Claims Of Trademark Abuse
A U.S. intellectual property lawyer living in Japan asked a Washington federal court on Tuesday to throw out Amazon.com Inc.'s lawsuit accusing him of conspiring with a Chinese company to use his legal credentials to circumvent a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rule requiring that foreign trademark applicants be represented by U.S. counsel.
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