Utility Providers

Complex Real Estate and Environmental Representation

We have represented the largest electric power company in the Pacific Northwest and the largest American cable communications company for more than a decade.

Our attorneys understand the regulatory challenges and continuous changes this industry endures.

We represent local, regional, and national utility providers in a broad range of services including business, real estate, environmental, litigation, and employment.  

Our primary work for this industry involves handling complex real estate and environmental disputes, including lease issues, easements, encroachment, environmental contamination and clean-up, and real property and environmental litigation. 

HIGHLIGHTS

FWW Employment Alert: U.S. Department of Labor Increases Salary Basis for Exempt Employees

5/9/2024

On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule which will increase the FLSA’s annual salary-level basis threshold for white-collar exemptions to overtime requirements.

FWW Employment Alert: Federal Trade Commission Bans Non-Competes Nationwide

4/25/2024

On April 23rd the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule that effectively bans employers’ use of all non-compete agreements (with very limited exceptions).