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Practical answers to legal questions that shape your business, your family, and the land that you own.
Buying a Business in Oregon: the legal checklist before you sign.
Before buying a business in Oregon, a buyer should confirm five things in writing. Those are how the purchase is structured (assets or the entity), what due diligence uncovered, which contracts and
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Selling a Business in Oregon: Asset Sale vs. Stock Sale
Selling a business in Oregon starts long before you sign anything. The right structure, an asset sale or a stock sale, comes out of two conversations held in the correct order: one
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Buying a vineyard or farm in the Willamette Valley: the legal checklist before you sign
Before buying a vineyard or farm in the Willamette Valley, verify the survey work, water rights, EFU zoning, farm tax deferral, and easements. A legal checklist from a Salem, Oregon agricultural real estate attorney.
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LLC or Corporation? How to choose the right structure for your Oregon business
For most closely held Oregon businesses and rental property owners, the entity is a limited liability company, with corporations still the right fit in specific situations, and the tax treatment decided with
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Why annual corporate minutes still matter in 2026
An Oregon corporation must hold an annual shareholders’ meeting under ORS 60.201 and keep minutes of its shareholder and director meetings as permanent records under ORS 60.771. Most owners think of that
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