Change is afoot at Portland's largest law firm.The managing partner of its Portland headquarters office remains Wally Van Valkenburg, but the firm's other "Van," Bob Van Brocklin stepped down this month as Stoel Rives' firm-wide managing partner, replaced by the founding managing partner of the firm's Anchorage, Alaska office. James Torgerson, originally from Minnesota, is the first-ever Alaska-based managing partne r of a major U.S. law firm.
He brings a new outside perspective to the Portland-based…
BMW has delivered a midsize four-door sedan that goes like a 340i but uses a third of the fuel, or none at all in its electric mode.
A federal judge has refused to order Wells Fargo & Co. to immediately cover its rooftop signs next to the Minnesota Vikings' new U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has purchased the naming rights to the new Golden State Warriors arena in Mission Bay despite opposition to the project that is delaying its opening.
Stockholders can now remove a member of Valero Energy Corp.'s board of directors without cause following changes to the company's bylaws.
Winter Storm Jonas' massive snowfall made the weekend rough for the auto industry by closing factories and keeping buyers out of dealers.
The nine-member Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in a series of votes late Monday approved new rules aimed at increasing communication between energy companies and local governments to mitigate the effects of large-scale oil and gas operations in and around neighborhoods.
An automotive parts supplier in Prattville will soon be hit with cutbacks.
Blank Rome is in advanced talks to combine with struggling Washington, D.C. firm Dickstein Shapiro, according to a Bloomberg report.
The petition to undo Austin’s recently revised rules for ride-hailing app services such as Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. gathered more than 65,000 signatures over three weeks. It’s an impressive political feat that may not have been possible without financial contributions early on from both companies.
Campaign finance documents on file at city hall reveal how much each company paid to Ridesharing Works For Austin, a political action committee that organized the petition drive. While…
