By Oregon Business & Industry Oregon’s 2024 legislative session will begin Monday, Feb. 5 and is scheduled to adjourn Sunday, March. 10. At 35 days, such short sessions are designed to handle emergencies and to rebalance state budgets, which are adopted during longer sessions that occur during odd-numbered years. Short […]

By NFIB Press Release, WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 9, 2024) – The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule on the classification of independent contractors: “The Department of Labor intends to further complicate an […]

By U.S. Attorney, Oregon District Press Release, PORTLAND, Ore.—A Grants Pass, Oregon medical doctor and his general medical practice have paid $115,000 to settle allegations by the United States regarding the physician, on behalf of himself and his practice, submitting medical reimbursement claims to Medicare, TRICARE, and the Veterans Health […]

By Oregon Business and Industry In a Dec. 24 Oregonian op-ed, OBI President and CEO Angela Wilhelms urged state lawmakers to commit to a multiyear moratorium on new taxes. Wilhelms and coauthor Jason Brandt, president and CEO of the Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association, cited the recently released recommendations of […]

By Oregon Attorney General Press Release Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and a bipartisan group of 52 other attorneys general announced a $700 million agreement with Google in their lawsuit about Google’s anticompetitive conduct with the Google Play Store. “Every company is required to play by the rules, from the smallest […]

12/20/23: DOL’s Nondisplacement Rule Creates Challenges for Federal Contractor Employers By Nicole Elgin & Bruce Garrett Barran Liebman Law, LLP   On December 14, 2023, the Department of Labor announced a final rule implementing Executive Order 14055 that places numerous nondisplacement employment requirements on federal contractors and subcontractors. The core […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, Employees in Portland’s private sector saw weekly earnings rise nearly 5 percent in the past year, while in a quarter of the nation’s largest metro areas, workers saw wages drop, according to the Business Journals. Next year might look different, though, as economic prognosticators […]

By Oregon Business and Industry, Portland solid waste management and recycling company COR made a splash in early November by unveiling the state’s first electric garbage truck, a Peterbilt rear-loader that holds a big enough charge to conduct a full day of bin pickups without stopping. The new truck is […]

By US Attorney, Oregon District Press Release A West Linn, Oregon man pleaded guilty today in federal court for conspiring with others to illegally import and sell $2.5 million in counterfeit N95 masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jiang Yu, 70, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to traffic in […]

By Oregon U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Press Release,  Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden today urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to block the proposed Kroger and Albertsons merger due to potential negative effects on consumers in Oregon and nationwide. “Specifically, I am concerned that the proposed merger, if […]