On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, 2025 (OBBBA) was enacted. The OBBBA is far-reaching and employers may need to do a lot of work to bring their systems and procedures into compliance. Some of the changes in the…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
Farm and ranch families can use the federal gift tax laws to avoid the Oregon estate tax on farms at death.
As many folks are aware, anyone (including a non-resident) who owns real estate in Oregon that exceeds $1 million in…
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/ Agriculture, Taxation, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2025-1228, -1252 (Fed. Cir. July 8, 2025)
Our Case of the Week focuses on obviousness. More particularly, the decision included a lengthy…
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/ Health, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Corporate lawyers and estate planning lawyers both play key, but different, roles in the success of business clients. Corporate attorneys typically help businesses choose the proper legal structure, navigate the complexities…
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/ Business Organizations, Taxation
On June 30, 2025, the United States Department of the Treasury announced that it will be holding an online tribal consultation with Alaska Native Corporations on July 29, 2025, from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm ET, to discuss the Tribal…
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/ Administrative Law, Indigenous Peoples, Taxation
Eye Therapies, LLC v. Slayback Pharma, LLC, Appeal No. 2023-2173 (Fed. Cir. June 30, 2025)
In its only precedential patent opinion last week, the Federal Circuit reviewed construction of the transitional claim phrase…
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Ballot Measure 1, passed by voters in the 2025 general election, is a voter initiative that (1) increases the minimum wage, (2) establishes the Alaska Paid Sick Leave Act (“Act”) to provide a minimum paid sick leave benefit to…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
A wave of water-related legislation swept through the Oregon Legislature during the 2025 session. The most controversial water-related bills did not end up passing. In particular, there were three bills that would have affected…
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/ Agriculture, Environmental Law
On July 1, 2025, the DOL published two separate proposed rules that would affect federal contractors’ obligations to have affirmative action plans for individuals with disabilities, as well as minorities and women…
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/ Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council is undertaking a systematic approach to revising the FARs. On Friday, June 27, 2025, a revision to FAR Part 6, Competition Requirements was issued…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Government Contracting
On June 27, 2025, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (“SBA”), Kelly Loeffler, announced that she is directing an “immediate and full-scale audit of the agency’s 8(a) Business Development Program.”…
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/ Criminal Law, Government Contracting
Generally speaking, family offices are established by families with complex and varying interests to manage investments and provide other services to family members, most commonly associated with business holdings. Family…
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/ Business Organizations, Law Practice Products & Services, Taxation, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
On June 23, 2025, the Northern District of California federal district court issued the first substantive district court decision regarding the intersection of copyright law and generative artificial intelligence. The case…
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/ Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
A series of employment-related bills have become law and will go into effect in the coming months and years. These new bills contain some significant changes that will likely affect most Washington employers. Understanding these…
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/ Civil Rights, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
Optis Cellular Technology, LLC v. Apple Inc., Appeal Nos. 2022-1904, -1925 (Fed. Cir. June 16, 2025)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a jury decision awarding $300,000,000…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
