Month: September 2012

  Before venturing down the path to becoming a lawyer, I spent several years building up a start-up drug development company. One of our key concerns, especially as a start-up pharmaceutical company with significant overhead, was finding the funding necessary to...

Soil movement problems in Oregon and Washington are generally caused by one of two issues:  (1) soil subsidence or settling; or (2) soil expansion.  Soil subsidence or settling occurs when a home is constructed on top of fill soil.  Fill soil is...

We see it all the time:  Employers use employee handbooks and written personnel policies that are ambiguous, don't fit their practices, or don't comply with Oregon or Washington employment law.  Unfortunately, such carelessness yields unnecessary exposure to...

Franchise dispute lawsuits in Washington and Oregon are big business, just like franchise businesses themselves.  We perform a variety of service for our Portland and Seattle franchisor and franchisee clients, from formation all the way through franchise...

We've all heard of betting the farm on business litigation.  I've been involved in one or two such scraps, and I'd like to think I've won more than I've lost.If you've been in this type of battle, you know that money relief is not always enough.  Sometimes...

The Oregon Court of Appeals released a decision this summer that once again demonstrated how narrowly the law defines an independent contractor.  While this is nothing new in Oregon, businesses need to take note.  During this era of economic instability and...