Administrative & Regulatory Law
Tonkon Torp regularly represents clients before all relevant administrative agencies and authorities, including:
- Bonneville Power Administration
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Federal Communications Commission
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Federal Reserve Board
- Federal Trade Commission
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
- Oregon Department of Justice
- Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities
- Oregon Public Utility Commission
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- U. S. Department of Justice
- Washington Public Utility Commission
- Economic regulation
- Deregulation and open access
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Rates
- Organizing and financing
- Branching
- Permitting
- Franchising
- Contracting
- Environmental liability
Attorneys
Tonkon Torp Litigators Win Judgment on Lake Oswego Access Question
A prolonged, high-profile dispute about public access to Oswego Lake was resolved recently when Clackamas County Circuit Court Judge Henry Breithaupt issued an opinion upholding the City of Lake Oswego’s right to control access to the lake from the City’s public park.
Kramer v. City of Lake Oswego
Tonkon Torp represents the City of Lake Oswego, Oregon in a lawsuit concerning ownership of and access to Oswego Lake. After Tonkon's lawyers were successful in moving to have the case dismissed in federal court, the lawsuit is now pending in Oregon state court.
PEBB v. OHSU
Successfully pursued Oregon Health & Science University’s right to recover a proportionate share of approximately $25 million, including interest, received by the state from the 1999 demutualization of Standard Insurance Company. (Marion County Circuit Court/Oregon Court of Appeals)
Port of Arlington v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Tonkon Torp represents the Port of Arlington, Oregon in ongoing federal court litigation arising out of the Corps' revocation of the Port's permit to build a dock facility in the Columbia River.
Successfully Navigated DOJ Antitrust Concerns for NORPAC Foods Bankruptcy
Tonkon represents NORPAC Foods, Inc. and its affiliates as debtors-in-possession in their chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. The case has included two major asset sales, the first of which caused the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division to withhold approval and investigate potential anticompetitive impacts and other antitrust violations. Tonkon worked with the DOJ through its investigation by submitting voluntary document productions, offering key witnesses for interviews, and submitting white papers on various legal issues. The DOJ eventually closed its investigation without taking any action and the sale proceeded without incident.