Oregon Temporarily Halts Certain Residential Evictions in the Fight Against COVID-19

By Joshua D. Feil, Attorney in the Litigation Practice Group On March 22, 2020, and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Oregon Governor Kate Brown issued Executive Order No. 20-11 (the “Order”), which temporarily stops all residential evictions in the state based on the nonpayment of rent. Given the impacts that the novel infectious coronavirus