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April 30, 2024 - Wyden: FCC fines for wireless abuse of location data

— Wyden Praises FCC Fines on Wireless Carriers in Response to His Investigation into Abuse of Location Data — Wyden Revealed in 2018 that Wireless Carriers Shared Detailed Location Data With Shady Data Brokers; Bounty Hunters and Jealous Boyfriends Abused The Location Data BY U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Press Release, […]


April 29, 2024 - Important Reminders for Employers: Numerous Changes Take Effect on July 1, 2024

April 24, 2024 By Becky Zuschlag Barran Liebman LLP July 1 is fast approaching and will bring with it several changes employers should be aware of, including an increase in Oregon’s minimum wage and statutory changes to the protected reason eligible employees may take leave under the Oregon Family Leave […]


April 25, 2024 - Final rule limits contract language to the detriment of employers

By NFIB, The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, issued the following statement on behalf of Beth Milito, Executive Director of NFIB’s Small Business Legal Center, regarding the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule on non-compete clauses. “Without teams of compliance officers and […]



April 23, 2024 - Eugene company sues Gwenyth Paltrow

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, Good Clean Love Inc., a company in Eugene that manufactures safe and organic intimate hygiene and sexual health products, has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in U.S. District Court against Oscar-winning actress Gwenyth Paltrow’s company Goop, a skin, body, fragrance, and fashion and lifestyle […]


April 22, 2024 - DeRemer: Bipartisan Ag Labor Working Group issues report

Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) Press Release Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) and her colleagues on the bipartisan Agricultural Labor Working Group (ALWG) released a final report that details policy recommendations to address workforce issues facing the nation’s ag producers. The report comes after months of engaging with stakeholders, employers, and workers […]


April 18, 2024 - Make The Small Business Deduction Permanent

BY NFIB, Today, the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed from NFIB President Brad Close discussing the importance of the 20% Small Business Deduction for Main Street businesses nationwide. Close urges Congress to take action and pass the Main Street Tax Certainty Act to ensure that small businesses can grow […]


April 16, 2024 - Debt service firm indicted for fraud

By Oregon U.S. Attorney Press Release, The owners of ConsoliDebt Solutions, LLC, a debt consolidation service that operated in Oregon and other locations between April 2019 and April 2024, have been indicted in federal court for knowingly and intentionally defrauding their customers. Javier Antonio Banuelas Urueta, 54, and Dalia Castilleja […]


April 15, 2024 - BowFlex to file for bankruptcy

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, BowFlex, a Vancouver-based company selling home exercise equipment that began as Nautilus, has been delisted by the New York Stock Exchange after announcing in early March that it would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to the Portland Business Journal. Surging sales during gym […]


April 11, 2024 - Retailers defend economy from slower forecast

By National Retail Federation, Despite expectations for slower growth of both gross domestic product and retail sales, the economy should continue to do well the remainder of this year, National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said today. “No one can accurately forecast what surprises the next year might hold, […]