This week, Washington state’s supreme court decided Nelson v. P.S.C., Inc., which turned on whether a state statute’s reference to “within three years of the marriage” required a specified event to occur:
- during the three years before the marriage; or
- no later than the three years after the marriage.
The details aren’t important, only that the case had to be litigated — thanks, legislative drafters!

Signing a business contract: