Until very recently, access to case law, legal forms, legal treatises, and other legal resources has, for the most part, been limited to those who are willing–and capable–of paying for subscriptions to private commercial databases like Westlaw and Lexis-Nexis. Things are changing. (more…)
Now that President Obama has officially signed the stimulus legislation, we’d all like to find out what specific benefits it will provide. In this post, I’ll focus on the benefits to small businesses. More courageous citizens have read through the entire legislation, and many have been talking here and there about the possible benefits. Here’s what we could determine so far. (more…)
It’s easy enough to start a company in Oregon or in any other state: you make a filing with the secretary of state’s office. But, what happens next? We often get this question from lots of local small startups that have a business idea, know the first step, but don’t know what to do next. So I put together this post as a basic “how-to start an LLC in Oregon.” (more…)