Eugene, Oregon intellectual property lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendant on a 15 U.S.C. 1125 Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act) violation theory.

15 U.S.C. 1125 provides:

(1) Any person who, on or in connection with any goods or services, or any container for goods, uses in commerce any word, term, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, or any... More...    $0 (12-10-2023 - OR)

Portland, Oregon Consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on Fair Debt Collection Act violation theories.

"The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is a federal law that protects consumers from abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection practices. It applies to third-party debt collectors, which are companies or individuals that collect debts on ... More...    $1 (10-20-2023 - OR)

Eugene, Oregon insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.


Sosa was injured by an uninsured motorist while driving a vehicle he owned that was covered by a State Farm policy. State Farm paid out to Sosa the maximum damages available under that policy. Sosa, however, also holds State Farm policies insuring... More...    $0 (09-22-2023 - OR)

Eugene, Oregon civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a job discrimination theory.

"Job discrimination law is a complex area of law that prohibits discrimination in employment based on certain protected characteristics. These protected characteristics include race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age (40 or older), disability, and genetic informati... More...    $0 (09-27-2023 - OR)

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit fraud.

Robert J. Jesenik, 63, former chief executive officer of Aequitas and resident of Lake Oswego, Oregon; Andrew N. MacRitchie, 59, formerly of Palm Harbor, Florida; and Brian K. Rice, 56, of Portland were found guilty of conspiring with one another to commit mail and wire fraud and 28 ind... More...    $0 (05-17-2023 - OR)

Eugene, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally trafficking in endangered turtles.

Yuan Xie, 30, was charged for his role in a scheme to purchase hundreds of endangered and vulnerable turtles in the U.S. and smuggle them via U.S. mail and commercial airline flights to China.

Beginning in at least May 2017 and continuing until October 2018, Xie ... More...    $0 (05-09-2021 - OR)

Eugene, OR - The United States of America charged Xiao Dong Qin with conspiracy to smuggle endangered turtles from the United States.

A Chinese national pleaded guilty today for directing a scheme whereby hundreds of endangered and vulnerable turtles were purchased in the U.S. and smuggled via U.S. mail and commercial airline flights to China.

Xiao Dong Qin, 34, a resident of Sha... More...    $0 (11-29-2019 - OR)

Plaintiffs, Sarah Meyer and Martin Wooldridge, appeal from a general judgment dismissing their action against defendants Oregon State Lottery (the Lottery), Jill Goldsmith, Larry Niswender, Tessa Sugahara, John Kroger, and Craig Durbin.1 Plaintiffs assert five assignments of error. We reject plaintiffs’ fourth assignment of error without written discussion and write only to address their remaining... More...    $0 (07-05-2018 - OR)

Petitioner seeks judicial review after the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) denied her motion to intervene in an appeal of the City of Eugene’s approval of a development application. LUBA ruled that petitioner had not “appeared” before the city during the proceedings on the application and therefore was not entitled to intervene before LUBA. See ORS 197.830(7)(b) (limiting “[p]ersons who may inter... More...    $0 (07-05-2018 - OR)

Portland, OR - Gresham Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Producing and Possessing Child Pornography

U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Jones sentenced Thomas Gene Duncan to 25 years in federal prison followed by a life term of supervised release. Duncan pleaded guilty on August 29, 2017, to one count each of the production and possession of child pornography in federal court. He pl... More...    $0 (12-18-2017 - OR)

Portland, Oregon - Civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on civil rights violation theory.

The issue in this case is whether police unlawfully interrogated a criminal defendant after he invoked his rights to counsel and against compelled self-incrimination, guaranteed by Article I, section 12, of the Oregon Constitution and the Fifth Amendment to the United States ... More...    $0 (09-22-2017 - OR)

ORS 408.230(2)(c) requires a public employer to
“devise and apply methods” of giving veterans and disabled
veterans “special consideration” in the employer’s hiring
process when that hiring process does not rank applicants
by means of a score. The issue in this case is whether the
Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (county) complied with
that requirement when it failed to pr... More...    $0 (08-10-2017 - Or)

This appeal is from a civil forfeiture of $11,500 under
21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6). The claimant and his wife are heroin
addicts, who have been buying and selling drugs for most of
their lives. When the claimant, through a friend, tried to post
the $11,500 as bail for his wife, the government seized the
cash. At trial, the government had two theories: first, that the
money was p... More...    $0 (09-06-2017 - OR)

Portland, OR - Former Supervisor at Portland, Oregon-Area Manufacturing Company Pleads Guilty for Role in Product Certification Fraud Scheme

On July 25, 2017, a former supervisor at an aluminum extrusion manufacturing company in the Portland, Oregon, area pleaded guilty for his role in a decade-long scheme involving the fraudulent certification of mechanical properties for parts manufactu... More...    $0 (07-27-2017 - OR)

The issue in this land use case is whether the Land
Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) properly deferred to Lane
County’s interpretation of the meaning of “accessory” use
and development as used in the county’s forestland zoning
regulation. Under ORS 197.829(1), LUBA must affirm
a county’s interpretation of its land use regulations unless
that interpretation is inconsistent with t... More...    $0 (06-01-2017 - OR)

The Driver and Motor Vehicle Services Division
(DMV) appeals from a judgment that set aside an administrative
order that suspended petitioner’s driver’s license for
a year. The circuit court ruled that an administrative law
judge (ALJ) had improperly excluded evidence of a urinalysis
of a sample that petitioner gave the morning after her
arrest for driving under the influen... More...    $0 (02-23-2017 - OR)

Defendant Peter DeFazio appeals from a supplemental
judgment that awarded him some, but not all, of his
attorney fees and costs against plaintiff Art Robinson. On
appeal, defendant argues that the trial court erred by applying
unlawful and impermissible factors when it reduced
defendant’s attorney fee request.1 As explained below, we
conclude that the trial court abused its... More...    $0 (03-01-2017 - OR)

Plaintiffs Neal and Nancy Kaste operate a dairy
farm in Tillamook County, and contracted with defendant,
Land O’Lakes Purina Feed LLC, to provide them with feed
for their dairy cows. That feed sickened a number of plaintiffs’
cows and killed others, causing plaintiffs to incur veterinary
expenses to care for the cows as well as other losses.
Plaintiffs sued defendant, alleg... More...    $0 (03-08-2017 - OR)

This appeal concerns the application of the statute
of limitations to a complaint for medical malpractice involving
newly added defendants. Plaintiff alleged that negligent
treatment of low sodium levels in his blood serum caused
him to develop a neurological disorder, central pontine
myelinolysis (CPM). Invoking ORCP 21 A(9),1 defendants
moved to dismiss the complaint as b... More...    $0 (03-15-2017 - OR)

The primary question in this case is whether the
Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permits
Oregon to exercise general jurisdiction over an interstate
railroad for claims unrelated to the railroad’s activities in
this state. The trial court ruled that it could exercise general
jurisdiction over the railroad and denied the railroad’s
motion to dismiss plaintiff’s... More...    $0 (03-02-2017 - OR)

Portland, OR - Defendant Linked to Murder of Seaside Police Sergeant Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison

Jamie Lee Jones, 45, a former resident of Nevada, was sentenced to twelve years in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Simon. Jones had previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of... More...    $0 (04-02-2017 - OR)

Portland, OR - Gervais Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison in Child Pornography Case

U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon sentenced Adam Michael Groat, 28, of Gervais to seven years in federal prison and a life term of supervised release after Groat’s previous pleas of guilty to three counts of distributing child pornography, three counts of receiving child pornography, and one count o... More...    $0 (09-25-2016 - OR)

Portland, OR - Two Malaysian Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Smuggling Endangered Wildlife into U.S.

Two Malaysian nationals pled guilty to conspiring to smuggle wildlife today after they used mail parcels to smuggle five orangutan skulls and nine other protected species of wildlife, including bear claws and macaque skulls, into the District of Oregon.

Eoin Ling Churn Yeng, 3... More...    $0 (04-27-2016 - OR)

Portland, OR - "Operation Pongo" Leads to Arrest of Two Malaysian Men on Federal Charges of Smuggling Wildlife into the U.S.

Two Malaysian nationals have been arrested on federal wildlife smuggling charges after they allegedly used mail parcels to illegally smuggle orangutan skulls and parts of other protected wildlife into the United States.

Eoin Ling Churn Yeng, 35, and Galvin ... More...    $0 (12-07-2015 - OR)

The State Land Board and the Department of State Lands (collectively, the state) appeal a judgment of the circuit court setting aside the board’s declaration of ownership of the bed and banks of the Rogue River between river miles (RM) 68.5 and 157.51 under the process established in ORS 274.400 to 274.412. It also appeals a supplemental judgment awarding petitioners their attorney fees and costs... More...    $0 (10-19-2015 - OR)

Defendants Dale and Shannon Hickman have been lifelong members of the Followers of Christ Church. That church—drawing from the Christian Bible’s descriptions that Jesus and his disciples, rather than doctors, healed the sick and disabled—instructs its members to rely on “faith healing” and to eschew conventional medicine. For the Followers of Christ, faith healing entails prayer, anointing the sic... More...    $0 (10-12-2015 - OR)

AT&T, the taxpayer, is a global telecommunications company. It provides voice and data telecommunications services over the global AT&T network, which AT&T constructed, maintains, and operates. The network works together as an integrated whole, and it is used to provide all of AT&T’s services at issue. In the United States, the network provides multiple pathways that a call may take,
694 AT&T... More...    $0 (09-11-2015 - OR)

This case has a complex procedural history that the Court of Appeals thoroughly described in its opinion. For the sake of brevity and clarity, we take a condensed version of that history from the opinion of the Court of Appeals and the record. Defendants were in the business of processing
1 Defendants are Greenwood Forest Products, Inc. and two of its principals, Dovenberg and LeFors. For th... More...    $0 (09-11-2015 - OR)

The issue in this “low tar” tobacco case centers on a
jury’s award of punitive damages to plaintiff against defendant
Phillip Morris USA, Inc. (Philip Morris). Following a
trial in 2002, the jury awarded plaintiff $168,514 in compensatory
damages and $150 million in punitive damages.1
However, concluding that the trial court had not properly
instructed the jury on the issue... More...    $0 (07-18-2015 - OR)

This construction defect case presents three issues on review, following certain rulings by the trial court and an award of damages by the jury. First, we consider the proper application of ORS 30.140, a statute that voids overbroad indemnity provisions in construction contracts. The Court of Appeals held that the trial court had erred by invalidating an indemnity provision in its entirety when th... More...    $0 (07-06-2015 - Or)

Andrew Hickey (Andy) and H & H Cattle Feeders,
Inc. (H & H) appeal a general judgment, challenging two
remedies ordered by the trial court under ORS 60.952 upon
its finding that Andy had engaged in self-dealing between
Hickey Ranches, Inc. (HRI), a closely held family corporation,
and H & H, a company that Andy wholly owned.1 Denis
Hickey (Denis), Andy’s brother and a min... More...    $0 (02-25-2015 - OR)