Reid Whitten

1 month ago | mondaq.com | Reid Whitten |Jordan Mallory

Years ago, when I was a baby lawyer living in a group house inDC, we had a toaster—my toaster. I had owned the toastersince college and it was showing its age. Eventually, you had tohold down the thing1 to keep the bread lowered in theslots and toasting. But the appliance still heated bread andproduced toast. One morning, I became so frustrated with thattoaster and the thing-holding-down effort that I threw the toasterout, fully intending to get a new toaster.

1 month ago | jdsupra.com | Jordan Mallory |Reid Whitten

Years ago, when I was a baby lawyer living in a group house in DC, we had a toaster—my toaster. I had owned the toaster since college and it was showing its age. Eventually, you had to hold down the thing[1] to keep the bread lowered in the slots and toasting. But the appliance still heated bread and produced toast. One morning, I became so frustrated with that toaster and the thing-holding-down effort that I threw the toaster out, fully intending to get a new toaster.

1 month ago | natlawreview.com | Sherry Talton |Zachary Zagger |Reid Whitten |Jordan Mallory

On May 13, 2025, Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed a bill into law that will require employers with fifty or more full-time employees to notify the state, any union, and affected employers of a business site closing or mass reduction in force (RIF). Washington Governor Ferguson has signed the state’s new “Mini-WARN Act” law, requiring notice before closing certain business sites or conducting a mass RIF.

1 month ago | mondaq.com | Reid Whitten |J. Scott Maberry |Jordan Mallory |Julien Blanquart

Listen to this postThe second Trump administration has come flying out of thestarting blocks on international trade policyactions—imposing and rescinding, shaping and reshapingtariffs, sanctions, and export controls. The executive orders anddirectives have come so thick and fast that it is not always simplefor businesses to chart a consistent policy direction and developtheir plans to account for what might be coming next.

2 months ago | mondaq.com | Reid Whitten |J. Scott Maberry |Jordan Mallory |Julien Blanquart

The second Trump administration has come flying out of thestarting blocks on international trade policyactions—imposing and rescinding, shaping and reshapingtariffs, sanctions, and export controls. The executive orders anddirectives have come so thick and fast that it is not always simplefor businesses to chart a consistent policy direction and developtheir plans to account for what might be coming next.