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Relating to operating a motor vehicle while using a mobile communication device; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 811.507:
“A person commits the offense of operating a motor vehicle while using a mobile communication device if the person, while operating a motor vehicle on a highway, uses a mobile communication device…. The offense described in this section, operating a motor vehicle while using a mobile communication device, is a Class D traffic violation.”

House Bill 3186 (Chapter 530, (2011 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2012),

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You can read the Oregon State Bar (OSB) “2011 Unlawful Practice of Law Task Force Report“ at the OSB website (under the Surveys, Reports & Research tab, where you’ll find other useful reports).

You can also read Oregon laws about lawful and unlawful practice of law in Chapter 9 of the Oregon Revised Statutes.

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Excerpt: “Heather Peters is miffed that her Civic doesn’t get its claimed fuel economy, and she isn’t satisfied with a proposed settlement. So she’s trying a new approach to litigation.
Heather Peters is an angry consumer who knows she has little chance of winning a war with Honda Motor Co. and its army of high-priced lawyers.
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We just got out print 2011 ORS – hurrah!

This is the fastest ever and a big shout-out and thank you should go to Legislative Counsel.  Codifying the Oregon laws is (almost) a thankless job.  Thank you!

I won’t divulge the color of the cover for those of you who take bets about such things. Ahem.

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It’s that time of year when high school and college students start asking questions about “careers in the law.”

There is a lot of “recommended reading” at law school admissions websites and there are also a lot of “pre-law” and law student “Must Read” lists you can find using “the Google.”  There is also this gem from the Volokh Conspiracy, but I’m not inclined to disillusion high school students with it, even though it is terribly funny.

[If you’re thinking about law school In the U.K., they have the wonderful Granville Williams “Learning the Law.”]

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Did you every wonder where the phrase, “make a federal case out of it” came from?  How about “hue and cry?” Or, “piercing the corporate veil?”

You can find these phrases and many more in the new book “Lawtalk: the unknown stories behind familiar legal expressions,” by James E. Clapp, Elizabeth G. Thornburg, Marc Galanter, and Fred R. Shapiro.

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You can find at the Library of Defense a “2012 Oregon Criminal Law Quiz,” December 19, 2011, by Ryan Scott:

“The Oregon Supreme Court has under advisement State v. Lawson, potentially the most significant Eyewitness ID case in Oregon since State v. Classen. The court will: ….”  [Link to Quiz.]

To find the text of State v. Classen (590 P. 2d 1198, 285 Or. 221 (Supreme Court, 1979)):

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Oregon legal researchers and attorneys rejoice! The Washington County Law Library staff are scanning the 1953-1993 ORS from statute books donated by the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon Legislative Counsel will host the data on their website, and we just heard the excellent news that they will also make available on their website all the other superseded ORSs, 1995-2007 (and soon to be superseded 2009).
Link to our “gutbuster” project blog posts for information about our county law library digital scanning project.
Link to our Not Online list of Oregon legal research resources (look under “N” for Not), from which I’ll soon have to remove the superseded ORSs – yay!
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