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November 16th 2004 • Printer version
PORTLAND PROGRAM
Land use, regulation, taxation, ethics...
All on the table at October business law conference
by Steven Bender
The law schoolÃs Business Innovation and Law conference featured a
stellar line-up of business leaders, business lawyers, and academics
who addressed the regulatory climate in Oregon. The conference is an
annual event sponsored by the law schoolÃs Portland Program. This year,
the theme was Making Oregon Business Friendly. It was held on October
1 at the World Trade Center.
Mayoral candidates Jim Francesconi and Tom Potter
participated in a debate on their visions for stimulating business
growth in Portland. Potter is now mayor-elect of OregonÃs largest
city.
Another lively exchange occurred on the merits of OregonÃs Ballot
Measure 37, the land use compensation initiative, between Bill
Moshofsky Ã48, vice president of Oregonians in Action, and Edward
Sullivan, of Garvey Schubert Barer. The measure was decisively
approved statewide on November 2.
Oregon business leaders such as Matt Chapman, president/CEO of
Centrisoft, gave business perspectives on OregonÃs regulatory climate.
A panel of Oregon lawyers and in-house counsel confronted the
regulatory climate on issues as diverse as employment law, land use,
and taxation. In the afternoon, a panel of UO law professors addressed
post-Enron ethics issues.
UO law professor Steven Bender, the Portland Program director,
welcomes suggestions for the 2005 conference next fall. E-mail him at
sbender@law.uoregon.edu.
IF YOU MISSED IT:
Order the conference DVD and materials, which were awarded 5 CLE
general credits and 1.5 ethics credits from the Oregon State Bar, by
sending a check in the amount of $40.00 made payable to University of
Oregon School of Law to Judy Sprauer, 1221 University
of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1221
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