Entrepreneurs and employees in Oregon may benefit from learning more about the provisions governing noncompeting agreements in the state. These agreements must meet several criteria described in the provisions, otherwise that are voidable by state law. Employers are...
Year: 2014
Appealing federal trial court decisions
As many Oregon residents know, the outcome of a civil case brought in federal court may be appealed by asking an appellate court to reverse or modify the lower court's decision. Either side may file an appeal in a civil case. The appellate court may also be asked to...
Trade secrets and non-competition agreements
As many businesses may know, a venture's competitive edge may rely on information that is protected from competitors. Many of these policies and procedures are designated as trade secrets, and some businesses ask that employees sign non-compete agreements in order to...
Man files lawsuit after alleged attack by Costco security
An Oregon man filed a lawsuit against Costco in Multnomah County Circuit Court. In the lawsuit, the man claims that Costco store security detained him after he refused to show a receipt when leaving a store in Portland. The man alleges that store security hit him that...
Oregon and Oracle sue each other for breach of contract
The state of Oregon is suing software company Oracle after it claims that the company breached contracts and engaged in racketeering. Court documents show that the suit was filed in August in Marion County Circuit Court. Meanwhile, Oracle has sued the state of Oregon...
Federal government sued over rail car oil spill risk
Oregon residents may have heard that the U.S. Department of Transportation is being sued by the environmental groups ForestEthics and the Sierra Club. The environmental litigation, filed on Sept. 11, follows a legal petition that the groups delivered in July 2014....
How a federal court’s decision can be appealed
Oregon residents might be interested to learn about the process of appealing a federal court's decision. If a party believes a federal court ruled in error, the case is almost always eligible to receive a second look during an appeal. Although an appeal and a trial...
Judge rules that oil spill is mostly BP’s responsibility
Oregon residents may remember the 87-day oil spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. According to recent reports, a federal judge made a ruling on Sept. 4 that may expose BP to significant penalties in connection with the offshore oil disaster. Although the...
What are civil trials and civil appeals?
Readers who have been following our blog have likely heard the terms trial and appeal in some of the posts. For readers who are browsing through posts and those who find themselves in facing circumstances similar to those they read, knowing how an appeal differs from...
Oregon Department of State Lands denies Ambre Energy plan
Protecting the interests of the environment is something that some conscionable citizens and government authorities take responsibility for. When these individuals take steps that corporations or other individuals don't particularly like, court battles can start....