January 1, 2007

Meth Labs: An Environmental Bad Dream for Property Owners, Tenants, and Neighbors

We all get urgent phone calls from clients late in the day with problems or surprises that need immediate attention; some we can resolve quickly and others may just confound us because of their seeming novelty. Few, for example, probably have had any experience dealing with a meth lab or dump site. So when a client calls because they just found evidence of a clandestine drug lab on a property the client is interested in buying and developing, the attorney’s initial response is to start researching. View full article (PDF).

This article first appeared in Bar News, a publication of the Washington State Bar Association.