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April 2, 2025 - Sneaker business guilty of $80M fraud

By Oregon U.S. Attorney, Press Release The former owner and former chief financial officer of Zadeh Kicks LLC, a now-defunct Oregon corporation that sold limited edition and collectible sneakers online, pleaded guilty today for perpetrating a fraud scheme that cost customers more than $65 million in unfulfilled orders and defrauded […]


April 1, 2025 - Compensation for Inflated Generic Drug Prices

By Oregon Attorney General Press Release, Attorney General Rayfield is urging consumers to check their eligibility for compensation for certain generic drug purchases as Oregon joins 50 states and territories in seeking preliminary approval for a $39.1 million settlement with generic drug manufacturer Apotex over conspiracy to inflate prices and […]


March 31, 2025 - Key OBI Competitiveness Bill Advances to House Floor

By Oregon Business & Industry March 28, 2025 ‘Standing’ bill advances: On March 27, the House Committee on Revenue advanced HB 2119 to the House floor for a vote. The bill would allow membership organizations like OBI to assert standing on behalf of members in Oregon Tax Court. The bill […]


March 28, 2025 - NFIB: The Paid Act

The Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act allows business owners to correct minor employment law violations before facing penalties By NFIB, WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 26, 2025) – The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, sent a letter to Rep. Glenn Grothman (WI-06) in strong support of his legislation, […]


March 26, 2025 - Consumer Alert: 23andMe bankruptcy filing

By Oregon Attorney General, Press Release, Attorney General Dan Rayfield issued a consumer alert regarding 23andMe’s recent bankruptcy filing. 23andMe is a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company that collects and analyzes the most sensitive and irreplaceable information about individuals: their genetic code. “23andMe must work to safeguard this incredibly sensitive genetic […]


March 25, 2025 - Court Puts Oregon PLA Order on Hold

By AGC, NFIB, NWUCA. SALEM, Ore – March 24, 2025 – Contractors challenging Governor Tina Kotek’s executive order mandating union-only project labor agreements on state construction projects scored a major victory in court today.  Marion County Circuit Court Judge Thomas M Hart placed an injunction on Kotek’s order, preventing the […]


March 24, 2025 - Rescinded Executive Orders Impact Federal Contractors

By Nicole Elgin and Lex Shvartsmann By Barran Liebman Law, On March 14, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Additional Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions.” This EO rescinded several prior EOs and other Memoranda and Determinations, including EO 14026 (increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors) […]


March 20, 2025 - Lawsuit: Mandatory work meetings that discuss unionization

Amazon v. NLRB concerns mandatory workplace meetings that discuss unionization By NFIB, WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 19, 2025) – NFIB joined an amicus brief in the case Amazon.com Services, LLC v. National Labor Relations Board at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The case concerns the National Labor […]


March 19, 2025 - Ex-soldiers arrested for government theft, bribery

By U.S. Attorney, Oregon District PORTLAND, Ore.— Jian Zhao and Li Tian, active-duty U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, along with Ruoyu Duan, a former U.S. Army soldier, were arrested today following indictments by federal grand juries in the District of Oregon and the Western District of Washington. […]


March 18, 2025 - OBI Backs Permit Reform Aimed at Oregon’s Housing Crisis

By Oregon Business & Industry, What happened: On March 17, Senior Policy Director Duke Shepard testified before the Senate Committee on Housing and Development in support of SB 6, an anticipated amendment to which would establish a 45-day deadline for officials to issue or deny housing-permit applications. Why it’s necessary: […]