U.S. Chamber of Commerce Chuck Firth of Batavia, IL, loves cats. How much, you ask? Well, according to Chuck, he and his family had as many as seven furry feline friends at one point. Multiple cats means multiple litter boxes, and a lot of cleaning up after they “do their business.” […]

Obamacare is for business, but not for Congress By Jan Meekcoms NFIB – Oregon Chapter President Obama took the unusual step of involving himself in an administrative matter that would have been otherwise handled by people many levels below the Oval Office. He personally approved a “solution” to a “problem” […]

Barran Liebman Oregon Law Firm   BENEFITS NOTEBOOK: TAXES, BENEFITS & SAME-SEX MARRIAGE:KEY IRS GUIDANCE Readers of our June 28, 2013 Alert may remember from our discussion of the United States Supreme Court’s holding in U.S. v. Windsor that a portion of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) violates […]

OutDry Sues Geox By Oregon Small Business Association Columbia Sportswear Subsidiary OutDry has filed a lawsuit against Italian footwear company, Geox S.p.A., claiming it is stealing OutDry’s proprietary water-proofing technology. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in the southern district of New York, asks for a temporary injunction to […]

TRAIL BLAZERS TRANSITION TO FOX SPORTS RADIO 620 Team stays with Clear Channel Media + Entertainment,moves down the hall for new radio flagship Portland Trail Blazer Release The Portland Trail Blazers and Clear Channel Media + Entertainment have entered into an agreement to air all preseason and regular season games […]

The iris scan technology is making great headway with faster processing and new clients like Google & Bank of America using it at their top levels. Watch the CNN news video below.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Unions are getting very creative when it comes to thinking up new ways to rebuild their membership.  Whether some of these new strategies comport with federal law, however, is a question being asked by many labor law experts, including members of Congress. As is widely known, […]

By Steve Buckstein Cascade Policy Institute The Metro Council unanimously approved two resolutions in favor of subsidizing a Headquarters Hotel near the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. The original idea behind the Convention Center was that with the right package of amenities, people would come to Portland and spend money […]

By Oregon Tax News The Oregon economic numbers show that Oregon’s tepid growth is being led by temporary employees. Temp employees along with the rise of part-time employees reflecting of the changing face of employment as the nation as a whole. Today one in ten American non-farm workers (28 million) […]

This year Seattle ranks the third best city for the best falling unemployment rate among 49 metropolitan areas. Few can match their unemployment rate of 5.9. Compare below on how Seattle job growth change versus the United States average.