By Oregon Business & Industry, OBI is thrilled to announce the selection of two honorees to receive the Oregon Visionary Award – OBI’s highest honor – at its annual Vision Oregon Event, which will take place at the Portland Art Museum on Oct. 22. OBI presents the Visionary Award to […]

Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Announce Legislation to Protect Workers from Extreme Heat U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Press Release, Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both D-Ore., said today they have joined Senate colleagues in introducing legislation that would implement federal enforceable workplace heat stress protections in Oregon […]

July 14, 2025 By Jeff Robertson  &  Iris Tilley Barran Leibman LLP Law, Last week, we shared a summary of employee-facing provisions in the new tax act (the “Act”).  However, the Act, also contains a number of employer-facing tax provisions.  We are highlighting a few of those provisions to assist […]

Oregon Comment on Latest Small Business Optimism Index State’s Main Street entrepreneurs got a dose of good news on July 4 By NFIB, SALEM, Ore., July 8, 2025—From NFIB Oregon State Director Anthony Smith on today’s release of the monthly Small Business Optimism Index from the National Federation of Independent […]

Attorney General Dan Rayfield Secures $720 Million from Eight Opioid Drug Makers By Oregon Attorney General Press Release, Attorney General Dan Rayfield today announced approximately $720 million nationwide in settlements with eight drug makers that manufactured opioid pills and worsened the nationwide opioid crisis. Based on the overwhelming participation by […]

7/9/25 U.S. Supreme Court Weighs in on Burden of Proof for Non-Minority Plaintiffs July 9, 2025 By Avery Tunstill & Paula Barran Barran Liebman LLP Law In a recent opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court revived a lawsuit by Marlean Ames, a heterosexual white woman, against her employer for “reverse discrimination.” Her […]

NRF Chief Economist Says ‘Anxiety and Confusion’ From Tariffs and Other Policies Are Causing Uncertainty National Retail Federation, July 8, 2025 WASHINGTON — Halfway through the year, it is still difficult to predict the impact new tariffs and other government policies will have on the U.S. economy, National Retail Federation […]

U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Oregon Press Release, The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced a $2 million civil settlement to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act. The settlement is a joint agreement between the United States, Riverpark Operations, LLC (Riverpark), Avamere Group, LLC (Avamere), […]

Tax Policies in the ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ will Fuel the Restaurant Industry and U.S. Economy By National Restaurant Association Washington, D.C. (July 3, 2025) – The ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill,’ now on its way to President Donald J. Trump for his signature, includes tax policies that will strengthen the […]

By Oregon Business & Industry, 2025 Legislative Session Concludes The 2025 legislative session concluded at 11:15 p.m. on June 27, just two days before its constitutionally mandated deadline. It saw the introduction of 3,466 measures, nearly 20% of them “placeholders” upon introduction. In the end, the session produced a handful […]