Universities and community colleges may be barred from requiring students to provide log-in information for their Facebook and other social media accounts under a bill passed unanimously by the Senate. Under Senate Bill 344, public universities and community colleges in Oregon may not compel or require students to turn over passwords and other log-in information, [...]
Oregon’s major gay-rights group, Basic Rights Oregon, reached the decision to launch a petition drive to put a measure on Oregon’s 2014 ballot that will allow legal recognition of same-sex marriages, its executive director said. People are really coming to understand that marriage is unique and special and they do not want to deny that [...]
Brad Avakian, Oregon Labor Commissioner, is scheduled to appear at a hearing before the state legislature to consider a proposed law that may boost the federal minimum wage from the current $7.25 an hour to $10.10 by 2015. The move comes amid growing calls to act on an across-the-board wage rate adjustment. President Barack Obama [...]
The firm is actively filing DES lawsuits on behalf of those who allegedly suffered serious DES side effects as a result of their pregnant mothers being prescribed the drug. (PRWEB) May 31, 2013 Diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthetic hormone previously manufactured by several companies and formerly prescribed to pregnant women to prevent miscarriages and premature births, [...]
The firm is currently offering Lipitor lawsuit evaluations to women who have allegedly suffered from serious Lipitor side effects. Philadelphia, Penn. (PRWEB) May 29, 2013 Grocery chain Wegmans, looking to gain market share, is giving out free generic Lipitor to customers to whom the drug has been prescribed by doctors, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.* [...]
The firm is actively filing DePuy Pinnacle lawsuits on behalf of individuals who allegedly suffered metallosis, premature device failure and other serious complications related to the metal-on-metal hip implant. (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 Pretrial proceedings for federal DePuy Pinnacle lawsuits are progressing. On May 15 a judge for the Pinnacle multidistrict litigation ordered Johnson & [...]
The firm is actively filing Mirena IUD lawsuits on behalf of those who allegedly suffered serious Mirena side effects as a result of implantation of the device. The judge overseeing pretrial proceedings in the federal consolidation of Mirena IUD lawsuits has called specifically for female lawyers to be included in a plaintiffs’ leadership committee, [...]