MaryAnn Almeida

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

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What the Supreme Court's Mallory Ruling Means for Businesses

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court resurrected the consent-by-registration theory of personal jurisdiction. Under the Court's decision in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., a state can require out-of-state businesses to...more

6/29/2023 / Constitutional Challenges , Due Process , Foreign Corporations , General Jurisdiction , Mallory v Norfolk Southern Railway Co , Out-of-State Companies , Personal Jurisdiction , SCOTUS

Washington Supreme Court Extends Corporate Privilege to Non-Employee Agents

The Washington Supreme Court decided that a corporation's attorney-client privilege may protect communications with independent contractors and other non-employee agents in a recent decision styled Hermanson v. MultiCare...more

11/25/2020 / Attorney-Client Privilege , Corporate Counsel , Corporate Privilege , Ex-Parte Communications , Functional Equivalent , Health Care Providers , Independent Contractors , Physician-Patient Confidentiality , Privileged Communication , WA Supreme Court

How to Avoid Antitrust Problems When Working Together to Defeat COVID-19

When healthcare providers, medical equipment manufacturers, and others on the front lines of our common battle against COVID-19 join forces to provide care or manufacture desperately needed medical supplies, do they really...more

3/26/2020 / Antitrust Violations , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Manufacturers , Medical Supplies

Washington Appeals Court Rejects “Functional Equivalent” Test for Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege

A recent decision from Division II of the Washington Court of Appeals will significantly impact clients who contract with independent contractors and other non-employee agents. ...more

10/24/2019 / Attorney-Client Privilege , Corporate Privilege , Employees , Non-Employees

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