Oregon Legal Research BlogToday’s Oregonian, 3/20/07, has a story on what happened in Multnomah County Circuit Court yesterday during the Nicholas Haley trial. I last posted on this case yesterday.
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Nicholas Haley Case, Act III
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Nicholas Haley Case on March 19th Court Docket
I wrote about this case back in June, in a post titled, “When is a judgment?” The Oregonian updated the story in Sunday’s paper (3/17/07) with a story by Anne Saker. The Multnomah County Circuit Court date for the plea agreement is today, 3/19/07.
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Doing Business Abroad: Do Your Homework
This week’s story in the Willamette Week about the Oregonian incarcerated in a Mexican jail reminded me of the questions we get from people who want to do business, live, work, or invest in other countries. They search for information as if the enterprise would be no different from moving to another U.S. state.
Keep in mind that we in the law library business hear the stories about deals gone bad, so maybe we’re more cautious than most, but the caution really is not misplaced. A lot of people think doing business abroad is like doing business here, just in another language, but with the same sort of document recording systems, the same court systems, and the same legal protections. It’s not.
So, if you plan to make an investment or conduct other business in another country, do your homework. I’d probably begin my research with a strategy that looks something like this:
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Lawyer Dot Coms and other Future Lawyer News
Future Lawyer blog has had lots of interesting posts lately on things and ideas that are of use even for those low-tech “It’s Geek to Me” lawyers, e.g. this story on lawyers and dot com domains. I know this seems high-tech, but it’s not. You should have a web domain for your firm. And it doesn’t hurt to look at the road ahead either. Besides, someone in your life might be forever yours and forever indebted if you give him/her this Web Watch.
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Charter Review, Hillsboro Style: the $3,000 Mayor
Do you think Mayor Potter would take a pay cut if his Charter Review Commission recommended it? See this story by Jerry Boone about the Hillsboro Charter Review Commission process and the $3,000 Mayor. And if you haven’t been to Hillsboro lately, it’s worth a visit, though there’s a lot of Hillsboro to visit nowadays so leave plenty of time to sample the food, the parks, the people, the employers, and much more.
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Vote for the Oddest Book Title of the Year
“Tattooed Mountain Women and Spoon Boxes of Daghestan“
“How Green Were the Nazis?”
There are more – oh my.
This is one way librarians keep sane – we laugh – yup, we’re pretty normal. You can link to the poll from the Law Librarian Blog or directly from here, the Bookseller dot com site. (Scroll down and to the right for the poll.)
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It’s 10 p.m. Do You Know When Your Tow Truck Operator Was Released?
Know your tow truck operator.
From the Washington County Sheriff’s Department story, “Oh Thank Goodness the Tow Truck Is Here.” (Yes, I know there is another side to tow truck operators but we’ll leave that for another day.) There is more Sheriff’s Office News here.
“Have you ever had your vehicle break down on the road and needed to be towed? You feel that great sigh of relief as the tow truck arrives to move your vehicle and often you and family members from the side of the road. Or maybe your vehicle has been stolen and later recovered and you needed towing services. What do you know about the tow company and the person arriving to help you? Your Sheriff’s Office has taken steps to assure your safety.
Your Sheriff’s Office authorizes only certain companies to respond when deputies call for tow services. Each of the authorized tow companies has had their offices, storage yards, and trucks inspected by Sheriff’s Office members. In addition, each tow truck driver, company owner, dispatcher, and mechanic must undergo a thorough background investigation.
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Teleprompters, How to Find a Lawyer, and 10 Pounds
I survived my first appearance on OSB LegalLinks, as host yet. For those of you who have never done this kind of public speaking before, it is not a small bit unnerving, but our OSB hosts (producer, director, and crew – what a lot of people it takes to produce a program!) were kind, patient, funny, and they even fed us! I’ve never used a teleprompter before and have only spoken in front of real people so this empty studio with camera is a bit odd (now I know why Oprah has a studio audience). But our program on How to Find a Lawyer will be out on the OSB Legal Links web pages soon so you can decide for yourself how it went.
And, for those of you who know me, no, I haven’t put on 10 pounds. The camera really does add 10 pounds (or even more depending on the angle). But focus on the content (not on the zaftig women :-). And thirty minutes really isn’t enough to cover the topic, but it’s a good start.
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Public Records and Attorney-Client Privilege
Between this case, Klamath County School District v. Teamey, and this proposed bill (SB 671) we have the beginnings of some interesting conversations, among government lawyers, citizens, and possibly, in time, the state bar. More stories here and here. The Oregonian reported on this story in their Sunday Metro/Northwest print edition (an AP story by Tim Fought (who I believe is based here in Portland)), but the story is not on their website, at least not right now or maybe ever (it’s a mystery).
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Military Status Verification and National Guard Members
I’ve posted before (here, here, and here) about how to verify military status (required in some court documents) and now, thanks to a law librarian on our uber-lawlib listserve, have information on verifying the status of National Guard members. Here’s the scoop, lightly edited:
“A person who is in the National Guard will be listed as not “currently on active duty.” They are not currently deployed. The results won’t differ from a civilian; there is no indication that the name searched is a member of the National Guard unless they have been deployed. Once deployed the status will be listed as active and you won’t be able to tell them apart from other (regular/enlisted?) military.
I talked to someone from the military and the key is Title 32 status. When in Title 32 status the guard member is under Federal Jurisdiction and becomes part of the active forces and would be listed as active by this site. This differs from performing state or training duties. If the guard member is performing state duties (helping part of his/her state recover from flooding for example, he/she is not active under Federal Jurisdiction and would not be listed as active by this web site).