This was worth passing on, even though there is no obvious Oregon connection. We have all heard about these types of lawyers (and other Eddie Haskells in our lives).
From the Ralph Losey E-Discovery Team blog:
Court Catches On To Feigned Attorney Cooperation and Client Pays the Consequences
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?
“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
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.
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.
If you’ve read the recent (last week, last year, last decade, last century) stories about relatives, caregivers, and others who are charged with theft, elder abuse, and other crimes against the fragile or elderly people they are allegedly caring for …,
If you ever wondered why public law librarians and lawyers go pale when people use Fill-in-the-Blank forms for things like Powers of Attorney and Advance Directives, to name only a couple …,
Here’s an excellent article from the Oregonian’s Brent Hunsberger’s It’s Only Money column (Sunday, 9/7/09, Business section, p. D-1) that will explain why.
It also has some valuable tips on how to protect yourself and loved ones. (Oregonlive version: Protect yourself now against elder financial ripoffs, Posted by Brent Hunsberger, The Oregonian September 05, 2009.)
Some (maybe all?) Oregon courts are offering TurboCourt online document preparation for Small Claims litigants. I haven’t seen TurboCourt in action.
Visit the Washington County (Oregon) Circuit Court website and their TurboCourt link. Or, visit your own county’s Circuit or Justice Court to find out if they too have TurboCourt.
In the future, however, Oregon Judicial Department’s eCourt may be where document filing will take place. Here’s a press release on the rollout, which started in Yamhill County in June.
Check out the latest Oregon Legal Glossary at Oregon Laws dot org. It’s a fun, easy to navigate, and the sidebar list of links to other Oregon (and 9th Circuit) glossaries is super-handy.
Take a look at the Lane County Law Library Index to Legal Research Guides. It’s excellent and will just get better and better. They link to useful legal research guides from Northwest law libraries:
· Adoption
· Oregon Administrative Rules
· Bankruptcy
· Obtaining Birth Certificates
· Border Crossing Guide
· How to Find Oregon Appellate Court Briefs
· Consumer Information/Protection
· Criminal Law and Procedure in Oregon
· Debt Collection–Creditor’s Rights
· Foreclosure, Repossession and Liens
· Oregon Forms
· Landlord/Tenant
· How To Find A Lawyer In Oregon
· Oregon Legal Ethics
· Researching Oregon Legislative History
· Oregon Legislative Records
· Medical Malpractice Issues: Research Sources
· Name Changes in Oregon
· Using the Oregon Revised Statutes
· Finding Public Records in Oregon
· Small Claims Court and Procedures
· Traffic Violations
And, if you’re a Northwest law librarian with a legal research guide not included in this list, let the Lane County Law Librarian know!
This is a shortlist of some basic, and frequently overlooked, Oregon legal research resources (and one non-Oregon title), for the new Oregon attorney or legal researcher. Most of these are in print version only, not online.
You don’t need to buy these, but you should know about them. Your local law library will either have or have access to the titles that are in print only.
1) Legal Information Buyer’s Guide & Reference Manual, by Ken Svengalis (updated annually, not online)
2) Oregon Legal Research, 2d edition (2007), by Suzanne e. Rowe (not online) (previous edition also useful)
3) Oregon Judicial Department Style Manual (print edition is dated 2002 and online 2002 edition is updated periodically at the OJD website)
4) Attorney General’s Administrative Law Manual and Uniform and Model Rules of Procedure under the APA (not online)
5) Oregon Public Records Manual (not online in full)
6) Other important Oregon AG Office publications
7) Oregon Practice Materials, from the University of Oregon Scholars Bank
Oregon Legal Research Blog