The Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities (DFCS) has released rules governing the conduct of "crowdfunding" (raising money through small investments from a large number of investors, generally via the Internet) by Oregon businesses. The rules provide an exemption…
Social media makes it so easy to express an opinion. This is sometimes a problem. Anyone can tweet, post to a blog, comment on Facebook, Instagram photos and engage in all sorts of instantaneous expression of opinion. But when these…
Sometimes courts render decisions that at first seem unfair or perhaps illogical. When given further consideration however, the decisions were usually the right ones. This column reviews two cases correctly decided based on the law, not on what might have…
Last week, a California Court of Appeal upheld the standard condition that a policyholder must actually repair or replace in order to claim replacement cost value. However, the court held a policyholder could recover a "conditional judgment" for replacement cost…
The ditty "finders keepers, losers weepers" may apply in a schoolyard, but it does not apply at sea. A person finding and salvaging a vessel at sea may not keep it. However, he is entitled to compensation based on the…
In Harn v. Scottsdale Ins. Co., No. 12-00633, 2014 WL 4702235 (D. Idaho 2014), the U.S. District Court of Idaho issued a decision that an insurer owed a duty to defend its insured in a lawsuit alleging the insured intentionally inflicted…
Today's modern communication methods, including those allowing a limited number of characters in a message, have prompted the frequent use of abbreviations, for example, BTW and OMG. Internationally recognized abbreviations have been in use by people communicating in the maritime…
The animation feature "The Point," narrated by Ringo Starr and containing Harry Nilsson's hit song "Me and My Arrow," is a long beloved film that was first broadcast on the ABC television network in 1971. The movie concerns a boy…
On the Rolling Stones' album Let It Bleed, Mick Jagger sang "You can't always get what you want." On July 2, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals sang a similar tune when it held that an insured could not condition…
Wednesday, July 09, 2014 Ronald L. Richman BayAreaForSale.com In the article titled "How to Settle Purchase and Sale Disputes" on BayAreaForSale.com, Ronald L. Richman, senior trial attorney and member of Bullivant's Board of Directors, explains breach of contract when purchasing…