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Every blogger has a “Comment” policy, written or unwritten. As “public sector” bloggers, we have responsibilities (to readers and employers) beyond our own narrow personal preferences.

I really like the Rules for Commenting that are posted at the Multnomah Law Library’s Social Software Policy for Multnomah County Library Users, and generally adhere to them myself:

Excerpt: “Rules for commenting

Protect your privacy. Do not post personally identifying information. Young people under age 18, especially, should not post information such as last name, school, age, phone number, address.

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On December 9, 2010, the Oregon Supreme Court decided:

Barbara L. Hopkins v. SAIF Corp., et al., (WCB 0407794) (CA A138825) (SC S058081)

“… On review from the Court of Appeals in a judicial review from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board. Hopkins v. SAIF, 232 Or App 439, 222 P3d 1140 (2009)….

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Librarians tend not to get their whatsits in a twist when it comes to information leaks. Maybe because leaks, censorship, privacy, and related issues are things we think about and deal with every week, every year, decade, century, in our libraries, our databases with patrons’ personal information, with literature, with book-buying, with library boards, parents, etc.

1) Unshelved Librarians (from 12/7/10)

2) You can also find a link to a Gallagher Law Librarian blog post on:

“What laws did Wikileaks break?”

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The Willamette Law School’s “United States Supreme Court News: Willamette Law Online” service, with case summaries and law updates, tells us about this latest U.S. Supreme Court decision:

“On December 13th, 2010 the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in the case sumarized below:

Copyright Law (The first sale doctrine of 17 U.S.C. §109(a) does not apply to goods manufactured abroad and later imported into the United States).

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If you’re not keeping up with the National Inventory of Legal Materials, then you’re not keeping up with the effort to make all online U.S. laws easily accessible to everyone. (But you are forgiven. It’s definitely a project for the government or law wonk – at least until you need to do some legal research of your own.)

1) National Inventory of Oregon Legal Materials

2) National Inventory of Legal Materials Bug Tracker

3) Previous posts on the National Inventory of Legal Materials (and Law dot Gov)

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Do you need to find a lawyer in another state? Do you need to find the laws of another state?

Think about it. If you’re looking for reliable legal information, a law library is one good place to begin, online or on the phone or in person.

I posted previously about other state’s law libraries:

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The Multnomah Law Librarian has graciously allowed me to post her Solo Lawyers bibliography here (and in PDF format, from my Law Library’s website):

HOW TO START AND BUILD A LAW PRACTICE. Platinum 5th ed. by Jay Foonberg. [KF 300 F65 2004]

FLYING SOLO: A survival guide for the solo and small firm lawyer 4th ed. by K. William Gibson. [KF 300 E59 2005]

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Some (most!) of my favorite sources of law library legal research services and self-help ideas come from other state and county law libraries and law librarian bloggers (these law librarian bloggers, too) of course.

Here are some of my favorite state and county law library websites:

My top-rated favorite, People’s Law Library, is from the great State of Maryland Law Library.

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If you thought legal research skills were icing on the cake, think again:

Lawyers have an ethical duty to perform adequate legal research. (And, clients might expect a bit more than “adequate.”)

1) Ethical Obligations: Performing Adequate Legal Research and Legal Writing; Bast & Harrell, 29 Nova L. Rev. 49 (2004-5)

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