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Miska The Cat, News

City of Bellevue Updates Law in Response to Judge’s Order

December 10, 2020
In response to the court’s order in Danieli v. King County, the City of Bellevue updates and corrects the Bellevue City Code. BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON Following the entry of the Court’s Order on November 13, 2020, deeming the City of Bellevue’s City Code invalid, the City of Bellevue has taken action to update its laws.  On December 7, 2020, the Bellevue City Council passed Ordinance No. 6546, which updated Bellevue’s City Code sections 8.04.180, 08.04.340(6)(a) and 8.04.350, effectively fixing the problems in...
Miska The Cat, News

Court Enters Order Against Government Defendants

November 16, 2020
Court Rules Bellevue City Code Invalid. King County Hearing Examiner enjoined from hearing any further Animal Control Cases until City of Bellevue updates Bellevue City Code. TACOMA, WASHINGTON Attorneys for Miska, the brown tabby cat from Bellevue, and her owner, Anna Danieli, were in court again on Friday, November 13th, 2020, for entry of an Order on Danieli’s earlier success in court on October 23rd, 2020, where Judge Bryan Chushcoff ruled in favor of Danieli’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment...
Miska The Cat, News

Big Win in Court Case for Miska the Tabby Cat

October 26, 2020
Judge finds City of Bellevue had failed to properly update the Bellevue City Code in 2016. TACOMA, WASHINGTON Miska and her owner, Anna Danieli, had a very good day in Court last Friday (October 23rd, 2021).  With local news media present in the courtroom, Danieli’s lawyers successfully argued their motion to Judge Bryan Chushcoff, that the City of Bellevue had failed to properly update the Bellevue City Code in 2016, and as a result, a significant section of the Code that...
Miska The Cat, News

Miska the Tabby Cat Headed for Day in Court

October 16, 2020
Lawyers seek a court ruling to find the City of Bellevue’s City Code to be invalid for Animal Control Cases before the King County Hearing Examiner. TACOMA, WASHINGTON A several year-long legal journey involving Miska, a brown tabby cat in Bellevue, reaches a new stage this upcoming Friday, October 23, 2020; and it may impact many more cases involving pets and their owners residing in the City of Bellevue and other cities in King County.  Miska, a Bellevue family’s pet...
Articles, Coronavirus, Data Privacy

New Opening Conditions Create Potential Data Breach Liabilities for Business Owners

May 15, 2020
On May 12, 2020, Governor Jay Inslee approved several Washington counties to move to Phase 2 of the Four-Phase Plan to reopen the state. With this approval, the Governor has released a set of requirements for different business activities, the implementation of which is required as a condition of being able to open business to the public. Among those requirements is the obligation for dine-in restaurants and taverns to create a daily log of all customers. That daily log must...

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