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On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | May 17, 2013 | Civil Litigation
Over 600 Oregon residents will not be forced to defend themselves in court over accusations of online copyright infringement after a federal judge threw out a lawsuit filed on behalf of Voltage Pictures, the company that owns the rights to the Steven Seagal film the...
On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | May 10, 2013 | Civil Litigation
Oregon's Benton County was cleared of responsibility in a landslide that destroyed a couple's home. The couple pursued civil litigation against the county after their home was pushed off of its foundation and collapsed during a severe storm. The plaintiffs argued that...
On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | May 3, 2013 | Federal Appeals
Oregon's ban on same-sex marriage has been declared unconstitutional following a decision by a federal appeals judge. The judge heard a case centered on a Portland woman who claims she was denied health care benefits for her spouse, a woman whom she married in Canada....
On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | Apr 23, 2013 | Civil Litigation
A man who formerly headed a semi-independent body responsible for employing Oregon prison inmates is accusing the Oregon Department of Corrections of wrongful termination, discrimination and retaliation in a recently filed lawsuit. The former head of Oregon...
On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | Apr 16, 2013 | Civil Litigation
Four Oregon residents are accusing an insurance firm of elderly abuse in a federal class-action lawsuit recently filed in a Portland U.S. District Court. The lawsuit accuses Bankers Life and Casualty Co. of wrongfully increased premiums without enhanced benefits. They...
On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | Apr 10, 2013 | Civil Litigation
A group of law enforcement officers are accusing the state of Oregon of violating their civil rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act by forcing them to enroll in a compulsory health and wellness program. The five plaintiffs filed a federal class action...
On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | Apr 3, 2013 | Federal Appeals
The 9th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court will not grant a requested injunction that would prohibit livestock owners from allowing their cattle to graze on a 500,000 acre stretch of public land in Oregon, rejecting an environmentalist group's claims that the practice is...
On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | Mar 27, 2013 | Civil Appeals
The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the city of Beaverton, deciding that it is only required to pay $200,000 of the over $1 million in damages initially granted to a woman who was injured after being struck by a police car. The state's highest court agreed...
On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | Mar 21, 2013 | Civil Litigation
An Oregon bakery has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court in hopes of stopping continuous legal threats from a similarly named out-of-state bakery. Crave Bake Shop has received national attention since its 2011 founding, reaching thousands of TV viewers...
On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | Mar 12, 2013 | Federal Appeals
A three-person judge panel has ordered the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to stop attacking Japanese whalers in the Antarctic and reinforced an injunction requiring the group to remain 500 yards away from the whalers' ships at all times. The activist group, which...
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