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Insurance Coverage Can Help Businesses Impacted by Wildfires or Hurricanes

Sep 08, 2017

Practical Insights, The Northwest Policyholder, From the Ground Up, Legal Developments—Oregon, Real Estate

Many Northwest businesses are being impacted by the wildfires close to home, and also by the hurricanes that have or will hit Texas, Florida and other Gulf states. Can commercial insurance help to mitigate losses from these natural disasters? In many...

Guest Feature: Portland Seeks Public Comment on Affordable Housing Bond Framework

Sep 05, 2017

Construction, Housing, Real Estate, From the Ground Up

Thanks to our friends at HFO Investment Real Estate for this important notice regarding new developments from the Portland Housing Bureau regarding the Affordable Housing Bond. The Portland Housing Bureau released a report written by the Affordable H...

Panel Discussion: The Opioid Epidemic & The Building Industry

Aug 22, 2017

Construction, From the Ground Up

We would like to inform those of you in the Oregon/SWWA building industry about a special panel discussion being hosted by the Daily Journal of Commerce on Thursday, August 24, 2017. The presentation is titled "The Opioid Epid...

Washington Employees Can Waive Their Meal Breaks

Aug 02, 2017

Regulation, From the Ground Up

This article was originally published as one of Miller Nash Graham & Dunn's News You Can Use e-flashes, our occasional e-mail newsletter focusing on the latest developments in employment law and labor relations. From The Ground Up editor Ge...

Succession Planning Strategies for West Coast Apartment Owners [VIDEO]

Jun 27, 2017

Estate Planning, Real Estate, Tax, From the Ground Up

Miller Nash Graham & Dunn partner June Wiyrick Flores gave a special presentation for HFO Investment Real Estate, discussing estate planning and taxes, highlighting real estate and succession planning for the group. Watch the video of the full pr...

Ninth Circuit Opens the Door, IRS Slams It Shut (an update to IRS: "Shea It Ain't So!" The Ninth Circuit Opens the Door for Real Estate Developer to Defer Income Tax)

Jun 22, 2017

Legal Developments—National, Real Estate, Tax, From the Ground Up

On April 7, 2017, the IRS issued Action on Decision 2017-03, confirming that the IRS would not follow the Ninth Circuit's ruling in Shea Homes, Inc. v. Commissioner, 834 F.3d 1061 (9th Cir. 2016). The Ninth Circuit's decision in Shea Homes was widely...