OregonLive, and other news outlets, reported on the recent Multnomah County District Attorney 2009 audit: Audit: Multnomah County DA’s Office could communicate better with public, by Anne Saker, The Oregonian, September 14, 2009
You can find a full-text copy of the audit: Multnomah County District Attorney: Data, Technology, and Communication with the Public, September 2009, and other documents, at the Multnomah County Auditors website – and here is a direct link to the report.
Please read the information at the Oregon Judicial Department website (click on the What’s New link) and your county Circuit Court website for updated court fee information as quoted below:
“Notice of State Court Filing Fee Changes – Effective October 1, 2009
Notice of State Court Filing Fee Changes
Effective October 1, 2009
Legislative changes in 2009 that become effective October 1, 2009, will significantly change some state court filing fee amounts. (HB 2287, ch. 659, Oregon Laws 2009).
Before filing papers in a state court on or after October 1, 2009, please check the court’s website or contact the court for correct fee amounts.
Fee questions?
Tattooing is an art and a craft and a service and a profession. In Oregon, it is regulated.
1) Advisory Council for Electrologists, Permanent Color Technicians and Tattoo Artists for Laws & Rules and Forms pertaining to the Tattoo Arts.
2) There is an Oregon Health Licensing Agency (OHLA) and they have lots of information about piercing and tattooing safety.
3) If you are thinking about getting a tattoo, approach the event as a smart consumer would approach the purchase and “consumption” of any other service, whether it is for health care, construction work, or artwork:
“Are open-court efforts waning?,” by The Editorial Board, Oregonian, September 09, 2009
“In Oregon, news organizations still fight for public access, aided by the constitution
We hear they are at it again (or even still), so put your shields up – and alert anyone who answers the telephone for your business.
FTC Sues to Halt Three Cross-Border Business Directory Scams
“The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit to halt the illegal operations of three telemarketing boiler rooms in Montreal, Canada. The agency alleged that the telemarketers bilked thousands of small- and medium-sized U.S. businesses and non-profits, including churches, schools, and charities, out of millions of dollars by deceiving them into paying for listings they never ordered in worthless business directories….” (link to FTC story)
Law librarian colleagues brought a Legal Informatics Blog post to my attention: Susskind on the End of Lawyers.
There are a zillion links to commentary on the book. I found Carolyn Elefant’s 3/24/09 My Shingle blog post and Comments particularly interesting – and practical: And what it means for solos.
Jim Calloway blogs about 3 free directory assistance numbers to program into your phone.
I’ll add at least one more: your public library’s quick reference line. It will be useful only during those hours your public library has reference hours, but in some places that’s a lot of your working hours. You could also just plug a Library per Time Zone into your phone.
My own favorite local library reference line is:
Legal Research Plus has a blog post: Best Guide to Canadian Legal Research (September 3, 2009, by Sergio Stone) that links to the, uh, Best Guide to Canadian Legal Research webpage.
I’m the last person ever to agree that a self-selected “Best” designation is of any use or value, except of course to put the cynics amongst us on guard from the start, but you can decide for yourself if the Best Guide … really is “The Best.” But it is always useful to have a starting place for any specialized research.
This National Law Journal article about the case, Stop the Beach Renourishment v. Florida (S. Ct. Docket number: 08-1151) caught my eye:
“Setting boundaries for property rights: The Supreme Court will decide whether Florida ran roughshod over beachfront landholders,” by Timothy Sandefur, August 31, 2009
Excerpts: ‘The U.S. Supreme Court surprised many when it decided it would review an unusual Florida property rights dispute this fall. That case, Stop the Beach Renourishment v. Florida, involves some of the most profound questions about the judiciary’s role in protecting private property rights.
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I recently posted about the King County (Washington State) debt collection research guides and woefully neglected to link my readers to the excellent OREGON debt collection legal research guides at the Lane County Law Library. Use their Research Guide Index to find Debt Collection and many other useful guides.
Oregon Legal Research Blog