Columbia Sportswear alleges that a former IT employee accessed internal emails in hopes of gleaning information that would help him win technology contracts with the Portland company. The Portland company filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Portland seeking unspecified damages.
Category: Oregon
Total solar eclipse coming to Oregon
Oregon will be the first to witness the total eclipse of the sun on Aug. 21, and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry has front row seats. Complete with science lectures, astronomy-related community groups, and dramatic drummers ringing in each stage of the eclipse, the museum is adding even more not-to-forget experiences to a memorable astronomical event.
Tillamook UAS Test Range Utilizes New High Altitude COA
As part of an unmanned flight test for NASA and the FAA, Near Space Corporation successfully flew a drone from the edge of space to operate as a surrogate test bed for technologies supporting new Suborbital Reusable Launch Vehicles currently under development. The September 26th test, conducted for NASA’s Flight Opportunities program, was the first of many flights that will be taking advantage of a unique FAA High Altitude Certificate Of Authorization .
In wake of Measure 97, tech contemplates a role in Oregon’s future
Oregon’s tech industry awoke last fall, roused from its preoccupation with microprocessors, cloud computing and social networking to oppose a ballot initiative that would have shouldered businesses with billions in new taxes. The techies got their way – voters soundly defeated Measure 97 on Nov. 8, preserving the status quo in a state that has some of the lowest business taxes in the nation .
Oregon should streamline and inform its efforts in fostering the pot market: Editorial Agenda 2016
Few ballot campaigns were as passionately fought as that for Measure 91, passage of which brought legal recreational marijuana to Oregon. But that was two years ago, and the state continues today to claw its way to an efficient, profitable and safe day in the sale of recreational pot.