Portland Office
Latest Legal Updates for Oregon
- A Sign of Changes to Come: NLRB's New Majority Rules Union "Bannering" Lawful
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[9/3/2010] Predictions that the newly constituted National Labor Relations Board will be inclined to issue pro-labor decisions have begun to come true. In what appears to be its first substantive determination on the merits of a major dispute, the Democrat-controlled Labor Board announced its decisions in more »
- Federal Appeals Court Finds Charitable Group Exempt from Title VII Discrimination Prohibition
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[8/31/2010] The non-profit organization World Vision is exempt from employees' Title VII claims of religious discrimination, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled. Spencer v. World Vision, Inc. The Court determined that World Vision, an organization not affiliated with any church, may more »
- Employers Beware: Internships are Not Free Labor
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[8/24/2010] Employers may have their pick of applicants to fill paid and unpaid internship positions this fall. Internships traditionally are sought by college students to gain work experience, but the recession and the resulting loss of jobs have prompted people of all experience levels to apply for more »
- H-1B Cap Not Yet Reached, USCIS Continues to Accept Petitions for FY2011
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[8/23/2010] As of August 13, 2010, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received only 29,700 of the 65,000 H-1B non-immigrant visa petitions needed to meet the H-1B regular cap, and just 12,300 of the 20,000 visa petitions needed to meet the U.S. master's degree cap, according to updated more »
Upcoming Events for Portland Office
- Pacific Northwest Workplace Forum
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Date: October 16
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
