A business has the right to decide what advertising it wants to run and does not want to run. However, public places do not always have the same luxury of deciding what can and cannot be advertised, as a recent Portland business just found out.After losing another...
Month: December 2013
Oregon liquor commission facing racial discrimination suit
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission is under fire for allegations that employees have been demonstrating racist behavior. The allegations are quite severe: Employees are charged with using racial slurs, goose-stepping and giving Nazi salutes, and using drugs in the...
Cross-state pollution target of Supreme Court civil litigation
We all know that air pollution is a problem throughout the nation, even in relatively pristine states like Oregon. Even though states may set their own environmental regulations, the fact is that pollution does not recognize state boundary lines. What happens, then,...
Dentist, hospital under fire for treatment of Chantix patient
An Oregon woman whose husband killed their son and then committed suicide is seeking financial compensation from the dentist who prescribed him a medication to help him stop smoking. The woman, who came upon the bodies of the two victims after the incident on Dec. 22,...