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Introduction Few countries enjoy the close, friendly relationship enjoyed by Canada and the United States. We seem so alike that Canadians often move to the United States to work, play, and invest, but often without giving a second thought to the inc...

This article is the second piece of a two-part installment on Charitable Remainder Trusts (“CRTs”). Click here to read the first article in this series. CRTs are irrevocable, split-interest trusts that are ideal for certain philanthropic clients, and...

Today the Washington State Department of Ecology adopted a new rule to limit carbon dioxide emissions from major sources. Read full blog post here.

A Ninth Circuit panel reversed a district court’s denial of a smelter owner’s motion to dismiss, holding that the owner/operator of a facility that emits airborne hazardous substances cannot be held liable as an arranger for disposal under CERCLA. Re...

The U.S. Department of Labor has published its final rule extending overtime protections to 4.2 million workers previously classified as exempt under the “white collar” regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (the “FLSA”). The final rule goe...

This article was published in the Summer 2016 edition of the Oregon State Bar's Litigation Journal. What’s the secret to professionalism? Senior U.S. District Court Judge Owen M. Panner once noted that it’s simply a matter of “looking back t...