beyond the legal opinion
May 20, 2024 by Edward H. Trompke
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM THE LEAGUE OF OREGON CITIES. CLICK HERE TO READ THE Q2 2024 LOCAL FOUCS ARTICLE ONLINE. Despite legislation and a looming election, Washington County Superior Court punts matter to an uncertain date Since the times of…
April 26, 2024 by Edward H. Trompke
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION FROM THE OREGON DJC APRIL 26, 2024. An article published April 9 on the Daily Journal of Commerce website, “New law touted as triumph for affordable housing … but is it?,” reviewed a new law, Senate Bill 1537. The article’s…
August 18, 2023 by Ezra Hammer
Washington State urban centers, like most growing communities in the United States, are facing a significant housing crisis. Recent polling shows that housing costs and homelessness are the two most important issues on Washingtonians’ minds. Governor Jay Inslee speaks regularly…
June 29, 2023 by Jeffrey P. Kapp
Love it or hate it (or both), short-term rental homes (vacation rentals) is a trend that has shown no signs of abating in popularity. For those who fall into the “hate it” camp in the state of Washington, the Wilkinson…
December 16, 2022
At the Oregon Land Use Law Seminar, held December 1 and 2, 2022, in Portland, Oregon, Jordan Ramis PC Attorney Keenan Ordon-Bakalian, along with Max Yoklic of NewSun Energy, reviewed significant land use cases from the Federal courts, Oregon Appeals and Supreme courts and the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals, which impacted cannabis facility licensing, beach front property in Cannon Beach, a new multistory airport hanger, a bulk fuels distribution terminal and asphalt refinery, and more!
December 2, 2022 by James D. Howsley
When the Covid-19 lockdowns occurred, state and local governments scrambled to ensure that the land use systems in Oregon and Washington did not come to a screeching halt. A quick pivot to online land use hearings ushered in a new forum to adjudicate land use applications. But with it also became significant challenges, a steep learning curve for the professionals, decisions makers and public with how to engage in a solely online world.
November 30, 2022 by Steven L. Shropshire
At the recent 2022 Oregon Water Resources Congress annual meeting in Hood River Oregon, Jordan Ramis shareholders David Bowser and Steve Shropshire presented on the topic of Oregon public contracting.
September 16, 2022
EPA has proposed to designate two polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances under CERCLA, also known as the Superfund law.
August 29, 2022
The “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) seems simple enough to define. Yet the definition of WOTUS has expanded and contracted at least three times in the past seven years alone, with each new administration putting a new tributary-like twist on it.
December 21, 2021
On December 7, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers (Army Corps), published a Proposed Rule to define the scope of waters covered by the Clean Water Act.
