by Jeremy Rickson | Nov 28, 2012 | Litigation
New York Lawyer Learns Expensive Lesson By Hunter B. Emerick Saalfeld Griggs PC AMEN, you say? Well, in this attorney’s sorrowful tale lies an important lesson for all businesses that serve the general public. The law calls those businesses public accommodations. That...
by Jeremy Rickson | Nov 28, 2012 | Litigation
New Rules Improve Arbitration Hearings By Hunter B. Emerick Saalfeld Griggs PC Arbitration has become a familiar alternative to trials for resolving disputes. As a system of dispute resolution, arbitration has many benefits. Arbitration is private. The proceedings are...
by Jeremy Rickson | Nov 28, 2012 | Litigation
New Oregon Privacy Laws: The Cost of Shifting Risks By Shannon Raye Martinez Saalfeld Griggs PC Identity theft has become a hot topic and concern for all across the country, so it should come as no surprise that the Oregon legislature adopted new laws relating to...
by Jeremy Rickson | Nov 28, 2012 | Litigation
Expedited Civil Jury Trials: A Welcome Change? By Erich M. Paetsch Saalfeld Griggs PC The civil jury trial is rapidly disappearing in court rooms across the United States. Oregon is no exception. For example, one report stated that less than one percent of civil cases...
by Jeremy Rickson | Nov 28, 2012 | Litigation
Employers Face New Liability for Skipping Rest Breaks By Randall P. Sutton Saalfeld Griggs PC Give me a break! That’s what both employees and employers will be saying in light of a recent decision by the Oregon Court of Appeals that encourages employees to sue for...
by Jeremy Rickson | Nov 28, 2012 | Litigation
Are You Secure? Perfection and Its Consequences Under Revised Article Nine By Erich M. Paetsch Saalfeld Griggs PC On July 1, 2001 Oregon enacted into law Revised Article Nine of the Uniform Commercial Code. Revised Article Nine, like its predecessor, governs the...
