Jul 2, 2013 | Employment Law, Health Law, News
The Obama administration announced on July 2, 2013, that the “Employer Mandate” provisions of Health Care Reform (“HCR”), which were scheduled to become effective on January 1, 2014, will be delayed for one year. This means that certain employers will not be required...
Jun 26, 2013 | News, Real Property & Land Use
While not widely reported, the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark property rights decision on June 25, 2013 in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District. The Court clarified the scope of two prior rulings, Nolanand Dolan, and the constitutional...
Jun 11, 2013 | Awards, Company, Lawyers, News
Saalfeld Griggs was awarded the Gold Metal in the Statesman Journal’s “Best of the Mid-Valley” competition for 2013. The firm was voted “Best Law Firm” for the third year in a row! Thank you for your support!
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 | Business & Taxation, News
By Business & Taxation Practice Group For those of you who don’t have the opportunity to read the tax code like I do, you may not know that the federal government has imposed a new 3.8% Medicare tax on certain investment income. Absent some up-front planning,...
