Jun 17, 2025 | 2025, Construction, Litigation
On June 9, 2025, Governor Tina Kotek signed Oregon Senate Bill 426 into law, ushering in a significant shift in liability for unpaid wages within the state’s construction industry. Effective January 1, 2026, this landmark legislation purports to combat wage...
Jun 2, 2025 | 2025, Estate Planning, Estate Planning & Probate, Taxation
The Federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) was a sweeping tax reform package. A key feature of that legislation was that many of its provisions, especially those affecting individual taxpayers, were temporary. These tax provisions are currently scheduled to...
Mar 20, 2025 | 2025, Construction, Litigation
Join ACE’s RAISE THE ROOF event on Friday, May 16. This event gives you the opportunity to support Salem-Keizer High School students attending CTEC’s Residential Construction program. These students are learning all aspects of the construction trade, while...
Mar 7, 2025 | 2025, Real Property & Land Use
By Margaret Gander-Vo and Emily Rich, Real Estate and Land Use practice group. On January 7, 2025, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) posted the Statewide Wildfire Hazard Map to the Oregon Explorer website. The Wildfire Hazard Map designates properties as being...
Dec 31, 2024 | 2024, Business & Taxation, News
On December 3, 2024, a federal district court in the Eastern District of Texas granted a nationwide preliminary injunction that temporarily blocks the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) based on questions regarding its constitutionality. On December...
Dec 31, 2024 | 2024, Dental, Employment Law, Insights
By David Briggs, Employment Law & Litigation practice group. The Federal Trade Commission proposed a rule in January 2023 that would have made most non-compete agreements unenforceable. The FTC argued that non-competes stifle competition, limit employee mobility,...
Dec 6, 2024 | 2024, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Financial Services, Litigation
By Erich M. Paetsch & G. Paul Wallace, Creditor’s Rights & Bankruptcy Litigation Practice Group There are more resources and procedural changes occurring in Oregon’s Forcible Entry and Detainer (“FED”) courts today. These changes are a response to...
Nov 19, 2024 | 2024, Estate Planning, Estate Planning & Probate
Dear Friends and Clients: Happy Holidays! As with years past, we wanted to send a letter to friends and clients with new information on prospective tax updates and law changes, as well as key estate planning reminders for an estate planning checkup. CORPORATE...
Nov 18, 2024 | 2024, Employment Law
By Randall Sutton & David Briggs, Employment Law & Business Litigation Team As anyone who attended our Annual Employment Law Conference last week will know, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently mandated a two-step increase in the minimum salary required...
Nov 14, 2024 | 2024, Banking, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Financial Services
By Erich Paetsch, Creditor’s Rights & Bankruptcy Attorney Understanding Exemptions A debtor uses exemptions to protect certain assets or equity in those assets from the claims of creditors. A debtor may only use exemptions to shield assets from the claims of...
