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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Oregon/New York <-- Part of the question. My wife is about to take a job with a company that has asked her to sign a contract that includes the following non-compete clause: 3. Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation Covenants. (a) Employee...

[Repost from Real Estate Law] OREGON - Can I sell a house that I lived in for two of the past five years, to an LLC that I am a member of (not sole member, though) and get the Federal Capital Gains exemption on home sale (profit is less than $250K)?

OREGON - Can I sell a house that I lived in for two of the past five years, to an LLC that I am a member of (not sole member, though) and get the Federal Capital Gains exemption on home sale (profit is less than $250K)?

What if's State: oregon Similar situation. What if the unlicensed/uninsured contractor gets hurt? What liability does the homeowner have to pay contractor's medical bills/workmen's comp/unemployment? Are there legal ramifications for the homeowner (fines?jail?) for hiring a...

What is the name of your state?Oregon My wife and I are both changing our last names. We will get a certified court order or form to use for getting new IDs and passports, but what do we have to do about contracts signed previously? Will we have to re-sign them, or are they still valid? I...

More Info... So, looking around, I found the city of Portland's Planning Bureau's List of Nuisance Plants, and wouldn't you know it, laurel is on the list of nuisance plants. the site states (http://www.planning.ci.portland.or.us/lib_plantlist_11.html): Plants on this list can be removed...

Portland, OR - My neighbor claims that my laurel trees/hedge is causing moisture on his roof causing it to curl, and is therefore a nuisance, making it my legal resposibility to cut back that which grows into his yard. The laurel was about 35 ft tall (I recently cut it down to about 25 ft)...