By Oregon Business and Industry Organized retail crime is an increasingly dire problem for retailers across the nation, and Oregon is no exception. The phenomenon involves highly organized groups of people committing theft on a broad scale. OBI is participating in a task force that will bring together the state […]

By National Restaurant Association The following is a statement from Michelle Korsmo, President & CEO of the National Restaurant Association, on the passage of the California FAST Recovery Act. If signed by the governor, the bill will create an unelected board to conceive labor and employment laws and regulations for […]

National Retail Federation, U.S. economic growth has slowed, but it still isn’t clear if the nation is in a recession, National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said today. “As we come to the end of the summer, economic indicators are signaling an unsteady U.S. expansion in the face of […]

A Mexican National residing in Portland was sentenced to federal prison today for supplying large quantities of methamphetamine and heroin to a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization operating in the Portland Metropolitan Area. By Oregon US Attorney, Eduardo Barbosa Lopez, 44, also known as Barbas, was sentenced to 188 months in […]

By Paige Alli Bullard Law, On August 29, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (“the Board”) issued its decision in Tesla, Inc., and overturned the precedent set by a 2019 ruling regarding dress code policies at Wal-Mart, where the employer was able to lawfully limit an employee’s ability to wear […]

By Oregon Business & Industry The September Economic and Revenue Forecast came out Aug. 31. Here are the highlights: Bottom line: Gross general fund revenue for the 2021-23 biennium, which began on July 1, 2021, is now expected to be $27.9 billion. This exceeds the $23.3 billion forecast in June […]

By NFIB, NFIB filed an amicus brief in the case Alexandru Bittner v. United States of America at the United States Supreme Court. The case concerns the Bank Secrecy Act and whether a violation under the Act is the failure to file an annual Report of Foreign Bank and Financial […]

By Josh Lehner, Oregon Office of Economic Analysis The Oregon Office of Economic Analysis released the latest quarterly economic and revenue forecast. For the full document, slides and forecast data please see our main website. Below is the forecast’s Executive Summary and a copy of our presentation slides. Economists are […]

Wyden Renews Call to Encrypt Twitter DMs, Secure Americans’ Data From Unfriendly Foreign Governments, Following Whistleblower Complaint By US Senator Ron Wyden Press Release, Washington, D.C. – Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement following a complaint this week by a former Twitter employee that alleged widespread poor privacy […]

By Christine M. Zinter Bullard Law August 23, 2022 By Christine M. Zinter The Oregon Equal Pay Act prohibits employers from discriminating between employees in the payment of wages or other compensation for “work of a comparable character” unless the wage differential is based on certain bona fide factors such […]