Newsletters

Business Briefs

• Fall 2012
  • Health Care Reform: 2012 & 2013 Employer Action Items
  • The IRS Gets Generous: The New and Improved "Portability" of Estate Tax Exemptions
  • Recent Court of Appeals Decision Calls into Question MERS System and Foreclosure
  • "Amazon" Laws and Small Business Retailers
  • Firm Seminars and Announcements
• Summer 2012
  • Retirement Plan Alert: $35 Million Verdict Entered in Breach of Fiduciary Duty Case
  • The Top 5 Ways to Discourage your Former Employee's Attorney
  • Members of LLCs Face Added Exposure for Workers' Compensation Claims
  • Facebook and the Internet in Hiring: A Tool or Time Bomb?
  • Firm Seminars and Announcements
• Fall 2011
  • The Glass is Half Full!
  • New DOL Regulations Impose Significant Obligations on Retirement Plan Fiduciaries
  • Selling or Buying Real Property? Seller Financing Is Still a Valid Tool
  • Got A SNDA? Why You May Want One
  • Firm Seminars and Announcements
• Summer 2011
  • What Should You Do With a Million Dollars (of Life Insurance)?
  • The Price of Justice
  • Personnel Manuals - So Much More Than a Paperweight
  • Protect Your Wine Brand Through Trademark Registration
  • 2011 Legislative Update - Accessory Uses at Wineries
  • Firm Seminars and Announcements
• Spring 2011
  • Health Care Law Updates
  • Pending Employment Legislation: Should Employers Be Worried?
  • Legal Alert: Red Flag Rules Update
  • Oregon's New Complex Litigation Court: Is it a Good Option for You?
  • In-Plan Roth Conversions - Employer FAQs
  • Legal Alert: Discounted Fee for Non-Amenders
  • Firm Seminars and Announcements
• Winter 2010
  • Estate Planning Myth Busters
  • Healthcare Reform: Changes for the New Year
  • Decoding MERS: What It Potentially Means for Real Property
  • Protect Your Property from Exactions
  • Firm Seminars and Announcements
• Summer 2010
  • A Failure to Plan is a Plan to Fail: Real Life Lessons and Bloopers
  • Healthcare Reform: What You Want and Need to Know Now
  • A Status Report on the 2010 Estate Tax
  • Lien Times: Understanding the Limits of PACA and Other Liens Protecting Against Unpaid Agricultural Debts
  • Firm Seminars and Announcements
• Spring 2010
  • Business Planning for Measures 66 and 67
  • New DOL Regulations Eliminate Deferral Deposit Uncertainty for 401(k) Plans
  • Obtaining a "Favorable Determination Letter" for Your Retirement Plan
  • Legal Alert - Federal Estate Taxes
  • Commentary - Ballot Measure 24-292: A Flawed Proposal
  • Firm Seminars and Announcements

Litigation Briefs

• Legislative Updates: February 2013
• October 2011
  • Oregon Federal Court Judge Decides Contractor Cannot Rely on Related Company's Construction License
    By Shannon Raye Martinez
• May 2011
  • Is Bankruptcy Really Such a Bad Thing?
    By Andrew Naylor
• February 2011
  • Social Media and Electronic Discovery
    By Dorothy R. Ryan
• November 2010
  • Expedited Jury Trials and Mandatory Arbitration
    By Hunter B. Emerick
• August 2010
  • High Time For Some Answers: Medical Marijuana Update
    By David Briggs
• February 2010
  • Expedited Civil Jury Trials: A Welcome Change?
    By Erich Paetsch

Tax Updates

• Quarter 1: 2013