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
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…