Supreme Court agrees with Ninth Circuit that drug company representatives are ‘salesmen’ Ater Wynne LLP NW Law frim Last week the Supreme Court affirmed a decision of the Ninth Circuit holding that pharmaceutical sales representatives are not entitled to overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act because they are covered […]

By J.L. Wilson Associated Oregon Industries As AOI informed its members in March, a recent decision by the Oregon Court of Appeals will have huge liability ramifications for owners and members of limited liability companies (LLC’s) in Oregon.  In this case – Antonio Cortez v. Nacco Materials Handling Group, Inc. […]

By Patrick Emerson,, OSU Economics professor Oregon Economics Blog Via The Economist:

New Hotel Tax to Promote Tourism By Oregon Tax News The Portland City Council approved a new two percent hotel tax intended to help promote Portland tourism. The assessment applies to hotels with more than 50 rooms and takes effect on Oct. 1, 2012. Called the Portland Tourism Improvement District, […]

By U.S. Chamber of Commerce According to this new infographic published by Veracode, 50% of small business owners think they were too small to be a target of a cyberattack, and yet 72% of the known hacker breaches that occured in 2011 affected businesses with 100 employees or fewer. The […]

By 24/7 WallStreet 1) New Zealand No. of procedures necessary to start a business: 1 No. of days to start of business: 1 2010 GDP: $134 billion Percent employment by companies with 250+ employees: 42.1 percent

Petition Drive to Repeal Oregon’s Death Tax Underway By Oregon NFIB In the last 10 years, 29 of 50 states have done away with their estate/inheritance taxes. Economic studies show that eliminating a state estate tax creates more jobs by reducing business departures and by encouraging more businesses to come […]

By Oregon Tax News, Identity thieves are using  deceased people’s  SSN and use it to claim him as a dependent. Then have the IRS send the ridiculously inflated refund to your prepaid debit card.    Thieves spend the refund, and pull the same trick next year.  The scam works when the […]

NLRB Issues Third Report on Employer Social Media Policies: How Helpful Is it? By Barran Liebman, Oregon Law Firm On May 30th, the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a third report on social media with “specific examples of various employer policies and rules” that […]

Severe Lack of Available Land Will Restrict Oregon Job Creation. By Oregon Prosperity Project The Portland Metro region has only one industrial site of 50 acres or larger that would be ready for development in 180 days and only five sites of 25 acres or larger that would be ready […]