ct is not liable on the contract in the absence of an express assumption of the obligations contained therein."); see also Kucheynik v. Mort. Elec. Registration Sys., Inc., No. C10-451Z, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 132547, 2010 WL 5174540, at *4 (W.D. Wash. Dec. 15, 2010) (disagreeing that "the mere assignment of cont