Business News Note: This Tuesday Washington voters will vote on Measure 1183 which changes the state liquor laws. Measure 1183 would close state liquor stores and allow private stores licensed through the state. These private stores would have 10,000 square feet or more of retail space to sell and distribute […]

The Faces of Lawsuit has put out a great video of a small business Mexican restaurant in California that was hit with a legal threat about their bathrooms not being ADA compliant. It turns out that the handicap person never visited the restaurant as stated . Even worse, their were […]

MSNBC goes through the book and the book’s author and looks at some of the tough statements Steve Jobs said about competitors Bill Gates of Microsoft and Google’s Android phone (see video below). On another front, Jobs criticized Michael Dell saying, “CEOs are supposed to have class […] I can […]

State Risk of Recession from Europe’s Financial Crisis By Bill Conerly, Businomics, Conerly Consulting The greatest risk to the United States economy right now is a recession triggered by the European financial crisis. Even though my best estimate is that we will avoid a recession, the risk is certainly high. […]

First Circuit Case Becomes One of First Successful Attempts to Assert Data Breach Class Action Liability By Erin Nedenia Reid Davis Wright & Tremaine LLP Oregon law firm In a departure from the recent trend of courts refusing to allow data breach claimants to seek mitigation damages, the First Circuit […]

Business News Note: An IHS Global Insight analysis showed projected annual employment growth for the period 2011 to 2017.  The West is home to some of the largest projected employment gains with Arizona, Utah and Idaho in the top 5 growth states.  The North East dominates much of the weakest […]

Senator Wyden is cosponsor of Digital Surveillance Legislation Press Release of Senator Wyden , Oregon Washington, D.C. – Surrounded by technology that was considered cutting edge when major digital surveillance laws were written, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) welcomed U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R- Ill.) as a cosponsor of the […]

Business News update: Last week the Portland Business Alliance recently released responses to its first round of candidate questionnaires. We list two key small business questions from the questionnaire to show how the candidates responded. Please view the whole report and all questions here BUSINESS LICENSE TAX: The City of […]

By Cascade Policy Institute According to the U.S. Department of Labor, almost $19 billion in state unemployment benefits were paid in error over the last three years. Oregon paid an estimated $392 million in error ― about 12.2% of all state unemployment benefits paid during that period. The Labor Department’s […]

New camera allows you focus after picture taken Business News Note: California camera company Lytro has introduced a new camera that allows you to adjust the focus after you have taken the picture. Interestingly, Lytro is not rolling this out as a new feature but as a new camera to […]