by Christy Hill | Jun 27, 2017 | Company, Employment Law, Litigation, News
By: Randall Sutton The second increase in a series of minimum wage increases goes into effect July 1st with the largest wage jump of any year in the six-year cycle. As we have discussed previously, Oregon’s stair-stepping series of wage increases create a patchwork of...
by Jeremy Rickson | Jun 14, 2017 | Banking, Financial Services, Litigation, News
By Creditor’s Rights & Bankruptcy Practice Group On June 12, 2017, in a decision written by newest Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, the Supreme Court unanimously held that a party that purchases debts and then pursues collection activity on its own is...
by Jeremy Rickson | Jun 8, 2017 | Banking, Financial Services, Litigation, News
By Litigation Practice Group It has been a busy day in Washington, D.C. Among the many goings-on in the nation’s capital, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Financial CHOICE Act (“CHOICE Act”) by a 233–186 vote. The CHOICE Act amends and/or eliminates many...
by Christy Hill | May 16, 2017 | Employment Law, Litigation, News
By Employment Law & Litigation Practice Group On April 20, 2017, Richard Cordray, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), announced that the CFPB was filing suit against the mortgage servicer Ocwen Financial Corporation (“Ocwen”)....
by Christy Hill | May 9, 2017 | Employment Law, Litigation, News
By Randall Sutton The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill last week that would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to allow private-sector employers to give their hourly and salaried nonexempt employees the option of receiving paid time off in lieu of...
by Jeremy Rickson | Mar 8, 2017 | Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Financial Services, Litigation, News
By: Creditor’s Rights & Bankruptcy Practice Group Last month, the Oregon Court of Appeals held in Nationstar Mortgage, LLC v. Niday that when one party “is in possession of [a] promissory note indorsed in blank and [the other party] is in default of [its]...
