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2024 Estate Planning Yearend Review
Dear Friends and Clients: Happy Holidays! As with years past, we wanted to send a letter to friends and clients with new information on prospective tax updates and law changes, as well as key estate planning reminders for an estate planning checkup.CORPORATE...
Employment Law Alert: Texas Court Invalidates DOL Rule
Texas Court Invalidates DOL Rule, Sending Salary Threshold for Overtime Exempt Employees back to 2019 Levels By Randall Sutton & David Briggs, Employment Law & Business Litigation Team As anyone who attended our Annual Employment Law Conference last week will...
Homesteading in Oregon: Changing Exemptions in 2025
By Erich Paetsch, Creditor's Rights & Bankruptcy Attorney Understanding Exemptions A debtor uses exemptions to protect certain assets or equity in those assets from the claims of creditors. A debtor may only use exemptions to shield assets from the claims of a...
Saalfeld Griggs PC lawyers named to 2025 Best Lawyers® list, 2024 Super Lawyers® list
Salem, OR, United States, August 15, 2024 — Saalfeld Griggs Business Lawyers is pleased to announce that eight of its attorneys have been recognized in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, and three have been recognized in the 2024 edition of Super...
SB 184: Independent Contractors
By Daniel Reynolds, Litigation, & Garrett Urrutia, Employment Law & Litigation Recent amendments to Oregon’s child support statutes may impact home builders and contractors. Previously, employers were required to report newly hired employees to the Oregon...
Support Local CTEC Students: ACE Raise the Roof Event
Join the RAISE THE ROOF event on Thursday, April 18th. This dinner and auction is an opportunity to meet the CTEC (Career Technical Education Center) students in the Residential Construction program. You will see the house designs these students have been working on,...
Deferential Expertise: Challenging Regulatory Decision Making
By Erich Paetsch, Chair, Financial Services Industry Group On June 25, 1984, the United States Supreme Court issued one of the most frequently cited and commonly referenced opinions in its history. Unlike some judicial opinions, Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense...
Corporate Transparency Act ruled unconstitutional. Do I still have to comply?
By Matthew K. Stevenson – Attorney, Business Law & Taxation Law Practice Group On March 1, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled that the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) is unconstitutional. The court found that the...
Nine Defamation Cases That Will Leave You Speechless
As a law firm with nearly a dozen civil litigation attorneys, we are often asked about defamation cases. These cases receive attention from the media and loom large in courtroom dramas and the public imagination. What exactly is defamation? Defamation occurs when a...
New Developments with Pre-condemnation Rights of Entry
By Jennifer C. Paul – Partner, Condemnation, Litigation & Employment Practice Groups When the government takes private property for public use, such as for public projects, right of way expansions or for other public development, the government is constitutionally...