Jun 7, 2014 | Business & Taxation
Taking Off an Old Boot By Business & Taxation Practice Group SAALFELD GRIGGS PC Every taxpayer’s goal is to defer taxes as long as he or she can. Like-kind exchanges under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code are one way to accomplish this. When a...
May 9, 2014 | Banking, Business & Taxation, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Lawyers, Litigation, News
The 9th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) recently issued an opinion in which it emphasized the importance for lenders to complete the due diligence process on loan guarantors. In Kelly v. Merrill (In re Merrill), the BAP affirmed a bankruptcy court ruling that...
Apr 25, 2014 | Banking, Business & Taxation, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Financial Services, Lawyers, Litigation, News
The Oregon Court of Appeals recently affirmed that a secured creditor can choose their remedy, such as a forbearance agreement, without waiving their right to priority in the borrower’s collateral. In Davis v. F.W. Financial Services, a lender extended credit to an...
Apr 7, 2014 | Banking, Business & Taxation, Company, Construction, Litigation, News
The Oregon Court of Appeals recently affirmed that when there is a mistake in a deed transferring real property from one party to another, the contract between the two parties, and not the deed, should be used to determine what is actually transferred. In Frontgate...
Mar 28, 2014 | Business & Taxation, Health Law, News
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a new security risk assessment (SRA) tool to help health care providers in small to medium sized offices conduct HIPAA Security Rule risk assessments. Conducting a security risk assessment is a key...
Mar 27, 2014 | Business & Taxation, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, News
The IRS will soon be changing the rules that regulate how often you can take tax-free rollovers out of your IRA. Tax-free rollovers are distributions from an IRA that are payable to the account owner, but which are re-deposited into the IRA (or into another IRA)...