Articles

Article Title	Practice Area	Date
Ecology to be Prohibited from Issuing Coverage Under Its Industrial Stormwater General Permit	Environmental Law	08/26/10
Ninth Circuit Requires Stormwater Permit for Logging Roads	Environmental Law	08/20/10
HIPAA 2.0: The Proposed HITECH Amendments to the HIPAA Rules	Privacy and Data Security	08/16/10
FEMA Settles Oregon Lawsuit, More Regulations Coming To Water Front Uses	Water Law, Environmental Law	08/12/10
Washington Supreme Court: Statutes of Limitation Do Not Apply In Arbitration	Business Transactions	08/12/10
Reconsideration: The Rules and Relevant Strategies (Aug. 2010)		08/01/10
Dodd-Frank Act: Immediate Change to Regulation D Accredited Investor Definition		07/22/10
"Red Flag" Rules Enforcement Delayed Until December 31, 2010. Potentially Applicable to Any Business that Provides Credit.	Privacy and Data Security	07/15/10
Bubble Wrapping Your Business		07/01/10
The Supreme Court Releases Bilski: Business Methods May Still Be Patentable; The Machine or Transformation Test Survives, But Is Not The Sole Test For Patentability	Patent Law	06/28/10
IRS Issues Guidance Regarding Grandfathered Plan Status Under the Health Care Reform Act	Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Labor and Employment Law	06/24/10
Supreme Court Upholds Authority of Arbitrators to Decide Whether Arbitration Agreements Are Unconscionable	Labor and Employment Law	06/24/10
Schwabe Client Dorothy English Prevails in Landmark Oregon Supreme Court Case Regarding Land Use Regulations		06/18/10
IRS Allows Immediate Mid-Year Health FSA Election Changes for Expenses of Adult Children	Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Labor and Employment Law	06/16/10
Participation in the Health Care Reform Act's Early Retiree Reinsurance Program Requires Urgent Action	Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Labor and Employment Law	06/16/10
EPA Releases Draft Pesticide Application Permit for Public Comment	Environmental Law	06/08/10
Energy Smart Home Builders Announce Plans For LEED Certified Residential Subdivision	Environmental Law	06/07/10
National Research Council Study Finds That Greenhouse Gas Emissions Have Caused Ocean Acidification	Environmental Law	06/07/10
Proposed Federal NPDES Permit Seeks to Regulate Pesticides	Environmental Law	06/07/10
When is the Physician-Patient Relationship Formed? The Oregon Court of Appeals Clarifies, But Questions Remain		06/01/10
Navigating Construction Lien Land Mines	Construction, Real Estate	05/18/10
Passing a Winery to the Next Generation Requires Planning		05/07/10
Limits on Message Monitoring Reflect Expectation of Privacy	Labor and Employment Law	05/03/10
Oregon Supreme Court Weighs in on the Klamath Basin Irrigators' Property Interest in the Water Received from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation	Water Law, Environmental Law	05/01/10
New Nonprofit Helps Lawyers Serve Sustainability		04/23/10
As Earth Day Turns 40, Shoreline Regulations Get Facelift	Land Use Permitting and Development	04/22/10
Federal Judges Provide Guidance to King County Young Lawyers		04/21/10
Full Steam Ahead for the Umatilla Basin Aquifer Restoration Project	Water Law, Environmental Law	04/19/10
The Health Care Reform Act: What it Means for Employers	Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Labor and Employment Law	04/13/10
New Washington State Law Requires Seller Disclosures in Commercial Real Estate Sales	Real Estate	04/09/10
ASTM Releases a New Standard for Financial Disclosures Attributed to Climate Change	Environmental Law	04/08/10
The Application of Oregon's Non-Economic Damages Cap to Wrong Death Actions Arising from Workplace Accidents	Commercial Litigation	04/01/10
Washington Legislature Keeps Effort to Privatize Liquor Distribution Alive		03/29/10
The Lacey Act: Implications for the Forest Products Industry		03/18/10
Sounding Off on Stormwater	Land Use Permitting and Development	03/08/10