Posted in Privacy, Corporate and Business on Jan 29th, 2008
by Martin F. Medeiros
The Oregon Legislature has recognized the need to protect the personal information of customers and employees. Senate Bill 583 sets forth a new standard for protecting personal information in Oregon. If you are the victim of an intentional or negligent data security breach, either electronic or otherwise, you must notify those affected […]
Posted in Corporate and Business, Employment on Oct 22nd, 2007
By Robert Swider and Steve Leasia
Oregon employers need to be aware of changes made by SB 248 which the Governor signed into law after a protracted battle in the Legislature. This Bill makes several significant changes to two areas of Employment Law for employment agreements entered into after January 1, 2008.
The law provides that employment […]
Posted in Corporate and Business, Media & Entertainment, E-Commerce on Oct 2nd, 2007
by Martin Medeiros and Tichelle Sorensen
1.0 Introduction
The rule on online contracts has been fairly stable in the last five years and can be summed up inadequately but simply: the more dear the right being alienated, the greater the “overt act” required to memorialize a meeting of the minds to bind the parties to contract. These […]
Posted in Trademark / Branding, Corporate and Business, Software, Copyright on Jun 14th, 2007
by Martin Medeiros
The value of intellectual property (copyright, trademark, trade secret and patent) is subject to debate, but one dimension of the debate is beyond discussion. Intellectual property is increasing in value. Based on the percentage of the market value of a company, intellectual property is the highest valued asset of the publicly traded companies. In fact, […]
Posted in Corporate and Business, Creativity and Innovation on Jun 13th, 2007
by Stephen Leasia
For the overwhelming majority of start-up companies the one irrefutable truism seems to be that “cash is king.” At least in my experience, the early stages of a company’s growth call for significant investment of capital and longer periods of negative cash flow than even the most conservative business plans tend to anticipate. […]
Posted in International, Corporate and Business on May 30th, 2007
by Eric van Naerssen
Investment for Residential Use
Residential real estate prices in China experienced meteoric growth in recent years, particularly in cities along the eastern seaboard. In response, China’s central government created regulation to place limits on the market that distinguish speculative buying from purchases for individual residential use. This article describes rules on […]
Posted in International, Trademark / Branding, Corporate and Business, E-Commerce on Apr 18th, 2007
By Eric van Naerssen
How does one comply or file under the Madrid protocol? Commercial marks—such as trademarks, trade names, service marks or "brands"—are how a business gains recognition and trust in the marketplace. The mark indicates the source of goods or services within a geographic area. Most nations have built institutions, such as the United […]
Posted in Corporate and Business on Mar 6th, 2007
According to a recent article in the Portland Business Journal, the law disfavors capital formation in the city. The problem lies in the Business Licensing Fee or Business Income Tax imposed by Portland / Multnomah County but there may be other issues. I would like those in the investment community to let us know what could be done to increase […]
Posted in Corporate and Business, Employment on Feb 1st, 2007
In the last issue of our newsletter, we briefly explored how employers might use their own internal business records containing employees’ personal information in the context of investigating those employees for potential misconduct. In this issue, we wanted to expand upon that topic in light of the recent press over the board of directors investigations at […]
Posted in Corporate and Business on Feb 1st, 2007
The following is a quick overview of typical entities available in various jurisdictions. We use the State of Oregon as an typical forum.
Sole Proprietor
General Partnership
C
Corporation
S Corporation
Limited Liability Company
Limited Liability Partnership
Limited Partnership
Professional Corporation
Limited Liability
NO
NO
YES
YES
YES
YES
(1)
(2)
Double Taxation*
NO
NO
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
(3)
Filing Required to Establish the Entity
NONE
NONE
Articles of Incorporation
Articles of Incorporation and
IRS Form 2553
Articles of Organization
Application for […]