Ethics complaint against Ammon Bundy’s lawyers dropped by Oregon state bar

A professional employment solicitation complaint regarding a law firm whose attorneys visited the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation has been dismissed, the Oregonian reports. Other ethics complaints are pending.

May 4, 2016 3:15 PM CDT

Oregonians get a chance to erase marijuana-growing convictions

May 1, 2016 3:30 AM CDT

Monitoring of my Twitter account showed racial bias, state lawyer says in labor complaint

A lawyer with the Oregon Department of Justice claims he was the victim of racial bias when co-workers investigated his tweets that used the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter.

Erious Johnson Jr. has…

Apr 18, 2016 8:59 AM CDT

Cops are accused of forfeiture misdeeds

Police and prosecutors in 43 states have an incentive to seize property under civil forfeiture laws that allow their departments to keep anywhere from 45 percent to 100 percent of…

Apr 15, 2016 2:36 PM CDT

Woman who died alone in jail ‘just didn’t seem that sick’ to medical staff

The day before she died alone in her Oregon jail cell at age 26, Madaline Christine Pitkin was having trouble standing up and said in a written request for medical…

Apr 12, 2016 10:00 AM CDT

Judge rules woman’s alleged confession to counselor about grandmother’s death is admissible

Angela Judd had gotten away with murder, authorities say, before she confessed to a social worker in late January that she had smothered her 92-year-old grandmother to death a month…

Mar 23, 2016 4:10 PM CDT

Federal judge tells Skechers to stop selling shoes ‘confusingly similar’ to Adidas

Saying that he himself couldn’t see a difference between the “Stan Smith” white tennis shoe with a green heel patch manufactured by Adidas and a Skechers look-alike from three feet…

Feb 19, 2016 4:05 PM CST

Lawyer wants sexual harassment payment returned, says plaintiff violated nondisclosure deal

Oregon lawyer Ross Day says he has no obligation to pay a $140,000 sexual harassment settlement—and he wants his first payment of $2,500 returned.

In a pending lawsuit (PDF),…

Feb 17, 2016 5:45 AM CST

Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy is charged in 2014 cattle-graze standoff as he heads to Oregon protest

After Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and militia supporters prevailed in an armed 2014 standoff concerning cattle trespassing on federal land, the government wasn’t in any hurry to bring criminal charges.

Feb 12, 2016 11:20 AM CST

Appeals court OKs 111 years for teen who killed 4, shot 25; lawyer calls him ‘completely harmless’

An Oregon man who fatally shot his parents and two high school classmates and wounded 25 others at the school cafeteria when he was 15 years old can’t further challenge…

Feb 10, 2016 3:20 PM CST

16 are federally indicted in takeover of Oregon wildlife refuge

Four remaining occupiers of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon have been indicted over the monthlong armed takeover, along with a dozen others.

In an indictment (PDF) unsealed Thursday,…

Feb 4, 2016 4:10 PM CST

FBI releases video of occupier’s shooting; judge won’t release defendants until all leave refuge

The FBI says a video it released on Thursday shows an Oregon militant reached for his jacket before he was shot and killed by police.

The man who was…

Jan 29, 2016 7:43 AM CST

Feds change hands-off approach in Oregon standoff; eight are arrested and another is killed

Nearly a month after militants seized a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, the FBI and police arrested the group’s leader and seven others, while a ninth man who acted as…

Jan 27, 2016 9:35 AM CST

Craft brew fans sue to block planned merger of world’s biggest beer-makers

Nearly two dozen beer drinkers in Oregon, California and Washington state have banded together in a lawsuit seeking to block the planned merger of the two biggest beer-makers in the…

Dec 3, 2015 2:30 PM CST

Lawyer is federally indicted over $185K in allegedly unpaid payroll taxes

A well-known Oregon criminal defense attorney has been federally indicted over nearly $185,000 in payroll taxes that he allegedly did not pay.

The 10-count indictment (PDF) in the Portland…

Nov 19, 2015 10:40 AM CST