Miller Nash LLP

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Miller Nash LLP is one of the Pacific Northwest's most respected multi-specialty law firms, offering comprehensive, creative, and innovative services to its business clients since 1873. Miller Nash has about 123 lawyers serving clients through our offices in Portland and central Oregon, and Seattle and Vancouver, Washington.

Miller Nash serves a wide range of leading businesses, nonprofit organizations, public entities, individuals, and pro bono clients. The firm's clients are in a variety of significant industries, including banking, biotech, construction, energy, food production, forest products, government, intellectual property, real estate, securities and software as well as healthcare and higher education.

General Civil Practice and Litigation in State and Federal Courts and before Federal and State Administrative Tribunals. Affordable Housing; Banking and Financial Institutions; Business; Business Governance; Business and Securities Litigation; Commercial Bankruptcy and Workouts; Construction Law and Litigation; Creditors and Debtors Rights; Education and Public Institutions; Employee Benefits; Employment Law and Labor Relations; Energy; Environmental and Natural Resources; Government and Regulatory Affairs; Healthcare; Insurance Coverage; Intellectual Property; International Transnational Issues and International Arbitrations; Land Use and Environmental; Mergers and Acquisitions; Native American Tribes and Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations; Real Estate Transaction, Finance and Litigation; Securities; Securities Litigation; Tax; Telecommunication; Tenants in Common and Tax Free Exchanges (1031); Transportation and Utilities; Trusts and Estates and Charitable Organizations.

Development Dispatch: Code Violations -- Can Local Government Preclude An Opportunity To Appeal A Fine?
James D. Howsley, October 28, 2009
In Post v. City of Tacoma, the Washington Supreme Court announced today that a code enforcement action is not a land use decision and therefore not subject to Washington's Land Use Petition Act ("LUPA"). The City of Tacoma began fining Paul Post, a local landlord with several downtown...

EPA Issues Nationwide Greenhouse-Gas Reporting Rule
Suzanne C. Lacampagne, October 1, 2009
EPA committed to address emissions of greenhouse gas ("GHG") in 2009. And it did. On September 22, 2009, EPA issued a final rule requiring many sources nationwide that emit GHG to monitor and report their annual GHG emissions. Facilities that emit 25,000 metric tons or more of GHG per...

It's a Wrap! 2009 Oregon Legislature Adjourns After Creating New Employment and Labor Concerns and Considerations for Employers
Naomi Levelle-Haslitt, August 5, 2009
On the heels of the United States Supreme Court's decision in Ricci v. DeStefano, No. 07-1428 (June 29, 2009), the Oregon legislature complicated the employment arena as it closed the Oregon 2009 legislative session. The legislature expanded rights that already existed, and created some new...

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