Jun 6, 2013 | Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Litigation, News
On June 6, 2013 the Oregon Supreme Court released two important opinions affecting residential real estate title and financing in Oregon. The opinions concern two cases commonly known as Brandrup and Niday. Both opinions concerning the validity of the Mortgage...
Jun 6, 2013 | Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Litigation, News
On Tuesday June 4, 2013 Governor Kitzhaber signed into law an expansion of the foreclosure avoidance mediation legislation first approved by the Oregon legislature last year. The law was expanded after the legislation failed to affect the foreclosure process in 2012...
Jun 1, 2013 | Litigation, News
By Hunter Emerick By all accounts, the Oregon Court of Appeals is one of the busiest intermediate appellate courts in the country. Almost any party aggrieved by a decision issued by an Oregon state jury, trial judge or administrative law judge has an absolute right to...
May 23, 2013 | Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Litigation, News
The Oregon Legislature approved Senate Bill 558A on May 22, 2013. The legislation is headed to the Governor Kitzhaber for signing. Senate Bill 558A contains a number of significant changes to Oregon’s foreclosure laws and dramatically expands the existing foreclosure...
Mar 21, 2013 | Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Litigation, News
On February 28, 2013, the Washington Supreme Court issued its decision in Klem v. Washington Mutual Bank, et.al., holding the practices of the WaMu and Quality Loan Service Corporation of Washington (“Quality”) violated the Consumer Protection Act (CPA). Quality had...
Feb 1, 2013 | Health Law, Litigation
HITECH Update: New HHS Rule Expands Notification Requirements for Breach of Privacy by Wayne Kinkade and David Briggs Saafeld Griggs PC Let’s face it; your employees can do things that make you shake your head. Like leaving a practice laptop in a car overnight, which...
