Gene Johnson

November 08, 2004 | Law.com

In the year and a half before he was shot and wounded, lawyer Kevin Jung's letters and court filings detailed his growing frustration with a rival attorney now accused of gunning him down. Last month, Jung asked that William R. Joice be found in contempt and fined $2,000. A hearing on the contempt motion was set for Wednesday, but that morning, police allege, Joice approached Jung outside his Seattle-area office and shot him in the head. Jung was in critical condition as of Friday.

By Gene Johnson

3 minute read

November 30, 2007 | Law.com

Paper company Longview Fibre illegally discriminated against a woman when it refused to hire her as a clerk and order checker because she was pregnant, the Washington Supreme Court has ruled. The court found that the company attempted to use a pretextual weightlifting requirement, which it increased twice, to avoid hiring the woman after it learned of her pregnancy. The case will now be returned to Cowlitz County Superior Court, where damages will be determined.

By Gene Johnson

3 minute read

January 09, 2006 | Law.com

Chihuly Inc. and Portland Press Inc., which is famed glass artist Dale Chihuly's publishing company, have filed a lawsuit against former Chihuly glass-blower Bryan Rubino, glass artist and broker Robert Kaindl, and four galleries that sold Rubino's work. The complaint, which seeks $1 million in damages, raises questions about when a piece of art is merely influenced by another piece, and when it's an illegal copy of that work.

By Gene Johnson

4 minute read

September 13, 2010 | Law.com

Former Quellos Group investment firm chief executive Jeffrey Greenstein and tax attorney Charles H. Wilk pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges stemming from an illegal tax shelter that enabled wealthy clients, including philanthropist Robert Wood Johnson IV and Hollywood mogul Haim Saban, to avoid paying taxes on $1.3 billion in capital gains. Greenstein and Wilk agreed to pay the IRS $7 million in penalties, plus $400,000 to cover prosecution costs, and to give speeches at their graduate schools about business ethics.

By Gene Johnson

3 minute read