by Jeremy Rickson | Dec 10, 2014 | Employment Law, News
by Randall Sutton – Employment Law & Litigation Practice Group Chalk up a wage and hour win for employers in a U.S. Supreme Court case decided today. The issue was whether employees who are required to wait in line at a security checkpoint before leaving work...
by Jeremy Rickson | Dec 8, 2014 | Banking, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Financial Services, News, Real Property & Land Use
In Lyons v. US Bank and NWTS, the Washington State Supreme Court found that a trustee can be liable for damages suffered by a debtor under the Consumer Protection Act even without a property having reached sale. The title of trustee is one that should be borne with...
by Jeremy Rickson | Nov 25, 2014 | Banking, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Financial Services, Litigation, News, Real Property & Land Use
Financial Services clients are in for a surprise if they read In Re Watt from the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon stating that, without consent, banks own property surrendered in bankruptcy. The court wrote that USC 1322(b)(9) does not restrict a court...
by Jeremy Rickson | Nov 24, 2014 | Awards, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Lawyers, News
Saalfeld Griggs PC has been named a “Tier 1 Law Firm” for Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® 2015 “Best Law Firms”. Randy Cook is the practice group leader for the firm’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation group. Firms included in...
by Jeremy Rickson | Nov 7, 2014 | Construction, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy, Dental, Employment Law, Financial Services, Health Law, Litigation, News, Winery/Vineyard/Brewery
In the waning days of the election, we were asked by employers, from an employment law perspective, what the passage of Measure 91, which legalizes recreational marijuana use in Oregon, would mean for their business and their drug policies. With Tuesday night’s...
by Robert J. Saalfeld | Nov 1, 2014 | Business & Taxation, News
By Eric J. Tweed For many businesses, social media is a relatively easy and inexpensive way to reach and engage with customers. In minutes a business can be off and running in the social media world with Twitter, Facebook and other similar “free” services....
