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Financial Institutions Will be Required to Assist the Department of Revenue with Collections by Implementing a “Data Match Program”
By Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy and Litigation Practice Groups In 2017, the Oregon Legislature adopted Senate Bill 254 at the request of the Oregon Department of Revenue (“DOR”). The purpose of the new law is to allow the DOR to more easily collect from delinquent...
Supreme Court Opinion: Banks Cannot Assume All Fraudulent Charges Are Nondischargeable
By: Erich Paetsch, Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy and Litigation Lawyer On June 4th, the Supreme Court clarified when discharge of debts may occur if the debt arises out of fraudulent statements about assets. As a result, banks cannot assume that all fraudulent...
Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act Permanently Extended
By: Litigation and Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy Practice Groups Since the last election, President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress have worked to undo many of the laws and regulations aimed at consumer protection passed under the Obama administration in...
Are You Keeping Up?
By: Douglas C. Alexander, Business & Taxation Lawyer Do you ever feel like you just can’t keep up with the pace of things happening around you? In today’s business world, with record low unemployment and business humming along at a pretty fast clip, it can be tough to...
Watershed Tax Changes and Your Business
By: Business Law & Taxation Law Practice Group Even if you have been in a “media blackout” for the past six months, you probably still heard that Congress enacted major tax changes to the Internal Revenue Code in the form of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”)....
Former Employees Get $5.1M for Being Subjected to Onionhead Religion
By: David Briggs, Employment Law & Litigation Attorney Ten former employees of a medical-plan firm received a $5.1 million jury award after the company was found to have created a hostile work environment based on religion. In the case, the employees argued that they...
A Creditor’s Good Faith Belief Precludes Sanctions for Civil Contempt for Mistaken Violations of a Debtor’s Discharge Injunction, Holds Recent Ninth Circuit Case
By: Creditor's Rights & Bankruptcy Practice Group The Ninth Circuit recently held that when a creditor attempts to collect from a debtor after the debtor has received a discharge from a U.S. Bankruptcy Court case, the creditor is not liable for civil contempt...
Employment Law Breakfast
Hot Topics in Employment Law Although it can be said that employment law is constantly changing, 2017 was a particularly big year. The Oregon Legislature enacted several significant new laws with broad impact. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) appears to be...
The Affordable Care Act: Wounded, But Still Delivering a Bite
By: Christine M. Moehl, Employee Benefits Lawyer Although Congress recently made changes to the requirement that individuals maintain health coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare), Congress did not make any changes to ACA provisions affecting...
Protecting Your Trademark Rights
By Eric J. Tweed In a recent edition of our Business Briefs, we discussed what a trademark is and the process of developing and registering a new trademark. In summary, we discussed the fact that a trademark is used to identify the source of goods or services and that...