By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, Columbia Sportswear Co. is moving its Sorel footwear headquarters from downtown Portland to Washington County early next year to expand to a larger space, according to KOIN. Columbia Sportswear’s offices remain on Southwest Broadway in Portland … at least for now. Yet after the […]

Wyden Investigation Reveals 25 Agencies Have Access to Passport Records with Little Oversight; CBP Officials Abused Passport Application Records To Investigate Reporters, According to Homeland Security Inspector General Report U.S, Senator Ron Wyden Press Release, Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called on the State Department to […]

Oregon Attorney General Press Release, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum’s antitrust unit has filed a motion in support of the state of Washington’s lawsuit to stop the Albertson Companies Inc. from giving their shareholders a $4 billion dividend before a proposed merger with Kroger Co. can be reviewed by state and […]

By Oregon NFIB, This year’s Small Business Saturday could mean the difference between solvency or closure SALEM, Ore., Nov. 11, 2022—As chain stores and online retailers launch their holiday sales earlier and earlier in the season, Black Friday will not have the appeal it once did, but Small Business Saturday […]

By National Retail Federation, Holiday spending is expected to be healthy even with recent inflationary challenges, as the National Retail Federation today forecast that holiday retail sales during November and December will grow between 6% and 8% over 2021 to between $942.6 billion and $960.4 billion. Last year’s holiday sales […]

By Amy Angel & Stacie Damazo Barran Law, November 8, 2022 — This week, the Oregon Employment Department (“OED”) announced the adoption of eight permanent rules and one rule amendment that relate to benefits received under Paid Leave Oregon. As a reminder, Paid Leave Oregon is a family, medical, and […]

By Oregon Business and Industry In just a few short years, Oregon’s state business tax burden has increased nearly 45%, according to a newly released report by national accounting firm Ernst & Young. Employers in Portland face an even heavier burden, thanks to a 32% increase in local taxes since […]

By Oregon Attorney General, Press Release Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced the national Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force has filed enforcement actions against two voice service providers over their involvement in illegal robocalls. “Illegal robocalls have plagued Oregonians for years, and we are really pleased to be using the full […]

NLRB Modifies Standards for Mail-Ballot Union Elections, Increasing Likelihood of In-Person Voting By Nick Ball Barran Liebman Law, 11/3/22: The National Labor Relations Board recently issued a series of decisions applying an updated standard for determining whether mail-ballot union elections were appropriate. In its recent Starbucks Corporation decision, the NLRB […]

By NFIB, According to NFIB’s monthly jobs report, small business owners continue to struggle with labor issues as 23% of owners report labor quality as their top business problem, second to inflation. Ten percent of owners report labor cost as their top business problem, a historically high reading. “The labor […]