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On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | Jun 7, 2013 | Civil Litigation
A recent lawsuit accuses the United States Department of Labor of violating the Freedom of Information Act by failing to release public records regarding a series of regulations as per a request by the Oregon Farm Bureau. Representatives with the OFB claim that the...
On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | May 30, 2013 | Federal Appeals
In a move that could have repercussions for the thousands of Oregon residents suffering from severe student loan debt, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled in favor of an Oregon old man who was forced to declare bankruptcy due to student loans that he...
On Behalf of Chenoweth Law Group LLC | May 24, 2013 | Civil Litigation
A federal lawsuit has been filed against the city of La Grande and Union County Oregon, as well as two police officers and one deputy from the same jurisdictions. The civil litigation suit seeks damages of over $5 million in connection with two drug raids on a La...
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...
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