Does the Internet Highway Lead to Court in a Distant State?
Jan 18, 2012
As businesses increasingly market and sell goods and services through the internet, they should consider the risk that their website activities may subject them to litigation in other states.Individua...
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Seattle Gets a Spanking When it Plays with Guns
Jan 11, 2012
Like most children, cities and other local government bodies often forget that they lack innate authority to enact laws; that the only authority they have to enact laws and levy taxes is the autho...
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Defining the Tort of Wrongful Discharge in Washington: The Interplay of Statutory and Common Law
Dec 07, 2011
A recent Washington Supreme Court decision demonstrates how the interaction between administrative and common law is often critically important to the adjudication of employee claims.Specifically, the ...
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Planning the Exit from Your Business
Aug 30, 2011
Sooner
or later, willingly or unwillingly, deliberately or unconsciously, a small
business owner decides how theyll leave their business. Whether theyre carried feet first out the
door at death; the...
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Reducing Fiduciary Duties in Oregon LLCs: How Far Can You Go?
Apr 26, 2011
Freedom of contract is one of the principal
principles in the law of limited liability companies. That is, limited liability companies were
legislatively created to enable the equity owners of such c...
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Managing against Legal Threats to Your Business: The Value of Annual Meetings
Mar 08, 2011
Most
businesses operate in a legal jungle full of potential threats to their life
and profitability. A single successful
employee claim for wrongful discrimination or harassment; litigation between
sha...
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New Hires and Contractual Duties to Prior Employers
Feb 22, 2011
Employers want to know who theyre hiring. If a new hire has a non-competition, non-solicitation
or confidentiality agreement with their last employer, there can be a risk of
litigation to their new emp...
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Employee Wage Claims in Oregon: Why Employers Should Evaluate their Options Quickly and Thoroughly
Dec 21, 2010
An employees claim for unpaid wages exposes an
employer not only to potential liability for the unpaid compensation but also
to the possible added responsibility for statutory penalties and liability...
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Contractual Liability of U.S. Citizens for Support of Immigrants They Sponsor
Dec 08, 2010
An interesting article, The Affidavit of Support Creates a
Legally Enforceable Contract by the Sponsored Foreign National: Efforts
to Collect Damages as Support Obligations Against Divorced Spouses...
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Limitations on Distributions from Closely Held Corporations and LLCs in Oregon
Dec 01, 2010
There are important statutory limitations on the ability of Oregon
corporations and limited liability companies (LLCs) to make distributions to
their shareholders and members which are often ignored ...
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