Starting January 2014, Oregon businesses may elect to take on the corporate form of a benefit company. This new legal entity is part of the growing movement in the Oregon business community concerned with social and environmental responsibility – in addition to the bottom line. While benefit companies are not for every emerging or existingRead More
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New Programs for Avoiding a Reckless Driving Conviction in Washington County
Washington County has a new program that could allow you to avoid a criminal Reckless Driving conviction if it was charged as part of a DUII case. A lot of times, if someone is arrested for DUII, they may have also been charged with reckless driving. Reckless driving is a criminal charge and carries aRead More
From Retirement to Entrepreneurship
It used to be that retirement meant golf, hiking, card games and travel. But things have changed. People are healthier and live longer and are choosing to continue working past normal retirement age. And, we’ve seen a recent trend of older entrepreneurs. People who had a long work career and qualify by age for retirement,Read More
Was Mohamed Mohamud Entrapped? – Portland Oregon Terror Trial
This week Mohamed Mohamud goes on trial for the Pioneer Square bombing plot. He doesn’t deny participation in the actual act of terror. His Defense is entrapment. With more police agencies running sting operations clients often ask about the entrapment defense. The Mohamed Mohamud trial illustrates how difficult it is to use entrapment as aRead More
Oregon Ignition Interlock Device Providers
As drunk driving lawyers, we assist our criminal defense clients not only during the DUII investigation, pre trial and trial phases, we also help them if the court or DMV imposes conditions or sanctions. Whether someone is convicted of a driving under the influence, or is placed on Diversion for a DUII, Oregon DUII lawRead More