Oregon Business Litigation Blog

Features litigation news and posts about legal issues for Oregon in-house counsel, business executives, human resource managers and others.

Author: Lori Irish Bauman and Roger Dunaway are of counsel and Kathryn Feldman and Stephen Kennedy are partners at Ater Wynne in Portland, Ore.

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Recent Posts from Oregon Business Litigation Blog

Oregon Supreme Court gives employers a break
The Oregon Supreme Court handed Oregon employers a huge victory today, finding that employees have no private right of action for missed breaks under Oregon wage and hour laws. The Court of Appeals in Gafur…
Oregon Court of Appeals OKs contract claim despite delayed business registration
Under Oregon statutory law, at 648.135(1), a person operating under an assumed business name cannot file suit on behalf of that business unless the assumed name is registered with the state. The Oregon Court of…
Portland jury awards $304.6 million in shoe trademark case
Earlier this week a jury ordered Payless Shoesource, Inc. to pay more than $304 million in damages to Adidas America, Inc., for trademark infringement. The federal court jury in Portland found that 267 Payless shoe…
Oregon Supreme Court denies smoker class action for "medical monitoring"
In a unanimous opinion with one concurrence, the Oregon Supreme Court yesterday upheld the dismissal of a large class action of smokers who sought injunctive relief for "medical monitoring, smoking cessation and education." Plaintiffs are…
Another antitrust verdict hits forest-products firm
A year after the U.S. Supreme Court tossed out a $79 million antitrust verdict against it, Weyerhaeuser has this week been hit with another antitrust judgment by a jury in Portland - this time in…
Employers face litigation over tip policies
Proper handling of employee tips has emerged as a hot issue in employment litigation. Last month, a San Diego superior court judge ruled that Starbucks Corp. must pay more than $100 million to compensate thousands…