U.S. Chamber Warns New SEC Whistleblower Rule Will Undermine Corporate Compliance Programs — ‘The SEC has chosen to put trial lawyer profits ahead of effective compliance and corporate governance’ By US Chamber of Commerce WASHINGTON, D.C.— David Hirschmann, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber’s Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness, […]

New Do-Not-Track Bills Target Online Behavioral Marketing and Mobile Apps By Paul Glist David, Dwight & Tremaine, Oregon law firm Privacy and Security Law Blog Two new “do-not-track” privacy bills would impose new restraints on online tracking, behavioral marketing, and the use of mobile application and geolocation data. Rep. Markey […]

Solicitors share list of gullible customers. It is called the “Sucker List”. By Oregon Better Business Bureau Welcome to the “Sucker List”. Responding to one fraudulent email, letter or phone solicitation may be all it takes to land on a dreaded “sucker list.” “Sucker lists” contain the names and contact […]

Like Button sacrifices your privacy By Oregon Small Business Association The popular “Like” button that permeates news articles, retail sites and other sites may seem harmless but it is sending information back to Facebook and Twitter notifying them of a person’s visit to those sites, according to a study done […]

Buy Local laws have unintended consequences By Steve Buckstien, Cascade Policy Institute In the Great Depression many Americans thought they would be better off if they only bought American products. Congress passed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in 1930. It raised import duties to protect American businesses and farmers, becoming a […]

The death of Osama Bin Laden has been a boom to some businesses according to a CNN report of a flag business who has reported a 50% boom in flags sales since Osama Bin Laden was killed. One month went from a $200,000 month in certain flag related sales to […]

By Bill Conerly, Conerly Consulting, Businomics Seth Godin has a stunningly useful commentary on books, libraries and librarians. “The librarian isn’t a clerk who happens to work at a library. A librarian is a data hound, a guide, a sherpa and a teacher. The librarian is the interface between reams […]

30 Percent Work While on Vacation By Career Builders CHICAGO – May 25, 2011 – A recent study from CareerBuilder shows financial constraints and demanding work schedules have some workers foregoing vacation plans this year. Twenty-four percent of full-time workers reported they can’t afford to take a vacation in 2011, […]

Industrial Land and Zoning Bills hang in the balance Oregon prosperity Project, Senate Bill 766 Senate Bill 766 – is a needed change to our land use system that protects industrial land. It requires the state to designate up to 15 “regionally significant industrial areas.” These industrial areas will offer […]