By Thomas Hillier Real property development reveiew Davis Dwight & Tremaine LLP Oregon business law firm In a ruling the Oregon Supreme Court will soon review, the Oregon Court of Appeals on July 18 issued a major decision.The case, Niday v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., et al, held that […]

Consumer rate America’s favorite restaurants, hotels & airlines  By Oregon Small Business Association Red Lobster is more satisfactory to American consumers than any other restaurant this year; in fact, it earned the highest score in the 18th annual ratings of the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Americans love their pizza, too; […]

Mandating “low carbon” or “clean” fuels raise serious questions and wide opposition. By John Ledger Associated Oregon Industries Oregon Largest Business Advocate The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) may adopt California’s restrictions on gasoline and diesel as early as this December. In California, the new restrictions have raised the specter […]

There have been five major flash mob theft rings hit Portland area stores in 2012. A Chevron, Nordstroms and even a Starbucks Kiosk store. Sometimes as many as 50 youths participated in the flash mob threats. Below is a shocking KATU video showing the thefts and what Portland Police are […]

The location is top secret, but news cameras were allowed in to film the inside of the AT&T War Room where global internet and wireless traffic is monitored. This is extremely important to keep telecommunications flowing when they are at risk of natural disaster overloads and even cyber attacks. Please […]

by CareerBuilder A new study by CareerBuilder finds the number of workers encountering bullies at the office is on the rise. Thirty-five percent of workers said they have felt bullied at work, up from 27 percent last year. Sixteen percent of these workers reported they suffered health-related problems as a […]

By NFIB On behalf of small-business and property owners, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Legal Center  filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States. The case will decide whether or not property owners can be compensated […]

By Sean Hackbarth U.S. Chamber of Commerce Free Enterprise magazine The New Yorker’s James Surowiecki answered a question I had while watching the Olympics: How many athletes competing for other countries athletes train in the U.S.? Nearly four hundred Olympians who this year represented other countries went to school in […]

Oregon Home Prices By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog The June 2012 Case-Shiller Home Price Indices was released and showed that home prices have increased across the country in the past year. Both the 10 City and 20 City composite indices were positive, as was Portland. The […]

By  J.L. Wilson Associated Oregon Industries As of today, there will be seven initiative ballot measures that have qualified for the November 2012 ballot. Although signatures have not yet been fully verified by the Secretary of State, the AOI Executive Committee analyzed each of the measures and adopted the following […]