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April 20, 2026
Zillow Asks Wash. Court To End IBM's Patent Suit
Zillow has urged a Washington federal court to sack IMB Corp.'s lawsuit that accuses the online real estate marketplace company of infringing a user sign-on patent, saying users logging into its platforms have to take an "overt action" that is "explicitly contrary" to what the patent requires.
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April 20, 2026
Wash. Justices Won't Be Asked About Reed Hein Insurer Fight
A Washington federal judge on Monday denied two consumers' bid to certify insurance coverage questions to the Evergreen State's highest court in a lawsuit accusing insurers of failing to defend a now-defunct timeshare exit company from an unfair business practices class action that resulted in a $630 million deal.
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April 20, 2026
COVID Not A 'Natural Disaster,' Wash. Panel Rules In Tax Case
A Washington state appeals court declined to revive a hotel trade group's class action seeking tax relief over the governor's COVID-19 emergency declaration in 2020, ruling Monday that the pandemic doesn't qualify as a "natural disaster" under state law.
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April 20, 2026
Providence Health's Sour Investment Cost $70M, Retirees Say
Retirement plan participants have hit hospital system Providence Health & Services with a proposed class action accusing the Washington-based nonprofit of losing nearly $70 million in assets by sticking with an underperforming mutual fund that lagged behind similar investment options.
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April 20, 2026
'Risky Proposition': 9th Circ. Skeptical Of Wash. CWA Strategy
A Ninth Circuit panel expressed doubt Monday about Washington's bid to revive its Clean Water Act suit against the operator of the now-shuttered Buckhorn Gold Mine, with two judges asking why the state didn't object to the operator's consent decree ending an overlapping case brought by an environmental group.
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