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Professional Services Sector

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Howard Schultz Is Available for Your Next Basketball Coaching Clinic

    Coffee baron Howard Schultz has much to teach our youth about the wonders of American sport. And for a competitive fee, Schultz can be booked for your next "coaching clinic" where he will presumably teach young athletes how to sell their team out for as much cash as possible.

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    GeekWire: HTC Looking to Set Up Huge Office in Pioneer Square

    ​GeekWire has the scoop on big news for both the local tech-business market and the local real-estate market.

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Microsoft to Buy Skype for $8 Billion and Hope It Turns Out Better Than the Time It Bought aQuantive

    ​In August of 2007 Microsoft made what was widely considered a very risky move when the company shelled out $6 billion to buy online advertising firm aQuantive. That deal has generally been labeled a flop since then as it's done little to increase Microsoft's revenues, while online losses have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Perkins Coie, Seattle Law Firm, Represents Obama in Personal Matters - Like, His Birth

    With mom, Halloween in Hawaii​No need to thank Donald Trump, since he already thanked himself. But Seattle can take a little bow, too, for the disclosure of Barack Obama's long-form birth certificate and re-reconfirmation that he was born in Honolulu freakin' Hawaii, U-S-A! Ultimate thanks of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Yahoo Blames Microsoft for Failing Business

    ​Six months ago, when Yahoo and Microsoft partnered on a search agreement that brought widespread exposure for Bing and beefed up Yahoo's search advertisements, it was supposed to be a win-win. But with Yahoo's last quarter earnings in the toilet (again), the company is now blaming Microsoft f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Cable-TV Marketing Company Has Sneaky Way to Get You to Not Use Xbox 360 as Your TV

    ​Watching the "Experiment in Cord Cutting" video put out by Hill Holliday and picked up by tech blog Kotaku, it's easy to come to the conclusion that the Internet TV available on Xbox 360, Apple TV, Google TV, Boxee Box, and Roku is a sad excuse for cable. But that's assuming you can look past ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Banyan Branch's New Viral Marketing Video May Cause Brain Damage

    ​The last video that Seattle-based viral marketing company Banyan Branch made, showed which smart phone, between the Windows Phone 7, Android G2 and iPhone 4, could last the longest on a barbecue. Spoiler: the Windows Phone won. The company's newest video, which spoofs both the "Avatar" film a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Video Shows Idaho Prison Guards Watching Brutal Assault Without Intervening

    ​For several minutes and in front of several prison guards at the Idaho Correctional Center, inmate Hanni Elabed appears in a video to be brutally beaten by another prisoner. It's only after the second time the beating stops that guards enter the cell to offer assistance. Now the video is bein ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Today in Sex: Wife Beater? These Lawyers Want to Help YOU!

    ​Did you know that October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month? It is. And while many groups and organizations are taking the opportunity to help educate communities and spread understanding about the huge problem of domestic violence, one Florida law firm has decided to "celebrate" the issue ... More >>

  • News

    October 20, 2010

    Grinding Justice

    Operation Streamline costs millions, tramples the Constitution, treats migrants like cattle, and doesn’t work.

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2010

    Modern English

    Operation Streamline costs millions, tramples the Constitution, treats migrants like cattle, and doesn’t work.

  • News

    August 4, 2010

    Best of Seattle 2010: Merf Ehman

    Best Watchdog for Tenants

  • Arts

    July 14, 2010

    The Fussy Eye: Small Hopes

    Best Watchdog for Tenants

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Did Zappos Really Lose $1.6 Million This Weekend?

    Would a guy (Zappos CEO Tony Hseih) covered in Chucks lie to you?​Online shoe purveyor Zappos says it lost $1.6 million this weekend because of a pricing error. Online gossip purveyor Gawker says the "error" might be part of a viral marketing campaign. Which online purveyor is purveying the tr ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 11, 2009

    Raphael Saadiq

    Would a guy (Zappos CEO Tony Hseih) covered in Chucks lie to you?​Online shoe purveyor Zappos says it lost $1.6 million this weekend because of a pricing error. Online gossip purveyor Gawker says the "error" might be part of a viral marketing campaign. Which online purveyor is purveying the tr ... More >>

  • Film

    August 19, 2009

    Art & Copy: How to Sell Soap and Sex and VWs

    Would a guy (Zappos CEO Tony Hseih) covered in Chucks lie to you?​Online shoe purveyor Zappos says it lost $1.6 million this weekend because of a pricing error. Online gossip purveyor Gawker says the "error" might be part of a viral marketing campaign. Which online purveyor is purveying the tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Yup, Monroe Prison Is on Closure Shortlist, State Says

    ​The state Office of Financial Management (OFM), which has hired a consulting firm to draw up a plan for cutting 1,500 prison beds, confirms that the Washington State Reformatory at Monroe is on a shortlist of institutions getting a hard look. Adam Aaseby of OFM says that consulting firm Chris ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2009

    St. Valentine's Day TV Commercial Massacre

    I'm thankful that the run up to Valentine's Day is almost over. It's not because I'm worried about getting a gift or trying to plan out some romantic date. My plans for tomorrow involve going down to Fort Lewis and battling in a paintball tournament. Take that, Hallmark! No, once we get through the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2008

    Bin Laden Driver's Gitmo Release Set

    Thanks in part to Seattle attorneys, Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, will be released from Guantanamo Bay in the next few days and sent to his native Yemen to serve his final month in custody. In an August war crimes trial, a panel of six U.S. military officers reached a split v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2008

    Zune Guy Is Back

    Thanks in part to Seattle attorneys, Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, will be released from Guantanamo Bay in the next few days and sent to his native Yemen to serve his final month in custody. In an August war crimes trial, a panel of six U.S. military officers reached a split v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2008

    Gitmo Trial Set

    Thanks in part to Seattle attorneys, Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, will be released from Guantanamo Bay in the next few days and sent to his native Yemen to serve his final month in custody. In an August war crimes trial, a panel of six U.S. military officers reached a split v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2008

    The Best Advertising Idea in History?

    Thanks in part to Seattle attorneys, Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, will be released from Guantanamo Bay in the next few days and sent to his native Yemen to serve his final month in custody. In an August war crimes trial, a panel of six U.S. military officers reached a split v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2008

    The Sound of Color

    Thanks in part to Seattle attorneys, Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, will be released from Guantanamo Bay in the next few days and sent to his native Yemen to serve his final month in custody. In an August war crimes trial, a panel of six U.S. military officers reached a split v ... More >>

  • News

    November 28, 2007

    Quiz: Is Wexley School for Girls a Restaurant, an Ad Agency, or a College Preparatory Institution?

    Hint: The service sucks, the chickens are fake, and it's not a joke.

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2007

    Filing Ethics

    Hint: The service sucks, the chickens are fake, and it's not a joke.

  • News

    May 3, 2006

    A GOP Debt Goes Away

    The state Republican Party has quietly eliminated a huge legal bill from contesting the election of Gov. Christine Gregoire.

  • News

    January 18, 2006

    Lobbygate's Gateses

    The coincident D.C. connections of the lawyer father and the software-titan son.

  • News

    October 5, 2005

    Harriet Miers and MS-DOS

    The Supreme Court nominee helped defend Microsoft against consumer lawsuits.

  • Food

    July 6, 2005

    Down by Law

    The Supreme Court nominee helped defend Microsoft against consumer lawsuits.

  • News

    June 8, 2005

    787 Hiring Outsourced

    A foreign-owned firm gets a state contract.

  • News

    May 26, 2004

    Credible Critic

    Monorail planners dismiss questions raised by a structural engineer with a global reputation.

  • News

    May 19, 2004

    Engineer: Monorail Design Flawed

    Project planners hit back, calling respected structural expert 'unprofessional.'

  • News

    March 17, 2004

    The State's Two-Timing Consultant

    Taxpayers paid Deloitte Consulting $715,000 to help woo Boeing—which just happens to be a $5 million Deloitte client.

  • News

    February 5, 2003

    Paying Paul

    Taxpayers paid Deloitte Consulting $715,000 to help woo Boeing—which just happens to be a $5 million Deloitte client.

  • News

    September 18, 2002

    Trials and Tribulations

    The bar takes on the case of the loving, lying suburban prosecutor.

  • News

    September 19, 2001

    Mayor Nice redux?

    King County Council member Greg Nickels leads on primary night in the mayor's race.

  • News

    June 6, 2001

    No Sidran here

    City attorney candidates won't emulate controversial predecessor.

  • News

    January 31, 2001

    Coin toss

    Seattle lawyers pay out $3 million to settle claims that they abetted a downtown pyramid scam.

  • News

    April 12, 2000

    The road goes ever on

    Seattle lawyers pay out $3 million to settle claims that they abetted a downtown pyramid scam.

  • News

    April 5, 2000

    Smoke-filled boom

    Gregoire's campaign is enriched by anti-tobacco lawyers.

  • News

    February 23, 2000

    Alexa, DoubleClick: private, shmivate

    Gregoire's campaign is enriched by anti-tobacco lawyers.

  • News

    November 3, 1999

    Patently mine

    The US Patent office has opened the door to all kinds of new patent claims. Microsoft and Amazon are in the first test cases.

  • News

    October 6, 1999

    The Landscape of Dead White Males

    Some say Olmsted's Seattle park designs improved God's handiwork. Now it's time to improve on Olmsted's.

  • Arts

    August 18, 1999

    Oops

    How Weyerhaeuser's corporate campus subverts itself.

  • News

    May 19, 1999

    Movin' on Up

    How Weyerhaeuser's corporate campus subverts itself.

  • News

    May 12, 1999

    Where did you go today?

    Avenue A tells advertisers what works on the Web.

  • News

    April 21, 1999

    AD NAUSEAM?

    The wide-open spaces of the Internet present advertisers with a peculiar mix of opportunity and peril.

  • Music

    March 17, 1999

    Selling out the jingle

    Say goodbye to repetitive, custom-made ditties. TV commercials now play better music than MTV.

  • News

    November 11, 1998

    The Ruckelshaus connection

    What does a former Nixon/Reagan cabinet member have in common with Seattle's corporate and political establishment? Plenty.

  • News

    August 19, 1998

    Let Stanford live

    What does a former Nixon/Reagan cabinet member have in common with Seattle's corporate and political establishment? Plenty.

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