The October 2010 Consumer Reports magazine had a useful article on “Where to Find Lost Loot” (and we thank them for posting it free, online).
More on consumer protection from the Federal Trade Commission and the soon to be activated (we hope) Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Bankruptcy law is federal law so you want to look not only at Oregon attorney, law firm, and legal blogs, but also at federal bankruptcy online resources. (There are print bankruptcy legal resources but this blog post focuses on the online “current awareness” blogs only, or primarily.)
Federal Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Oregon
I list below a few Oregon bankruptcy attorney blogs, selected from the many excellent Oregon attorney websites, many of which have a lot of information but are not strictly speaking “blogs.” (And, please see the Disclaimer, below.)
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA): National Take-Back Initiative
COLLECTION SITES: DEA collection site database (or link from NTBI website)
News stories:
There were several interesting articles in the August / September 2010 Oregon State Bar (OSB) Bulletin (or link from OSB archives), including one on “missing and misunderstood” evidence, another on unbundled legal practice (aka limited scope legal assistance), and this one on lawyers who don’t pay other lawyers for costs incurred on their clients’ behalf (behalves?).
Lawyers will want to read the article and non-lawyers may find the analysis of the legal ethics and associated legal issues generated by the question not a little bit instructive (or educational, if you prefer):
The article, Bar Counsel: Dealing with Debts: There Oughtta Be a Rule! (But There Isn’t), by Sylvia Stevens (OSB Executive Director):
Excerpt: “Recently, I heard from an arbitrator (a respected trial lawyer of many years’ experience) who was distressed at being “stiffed” when the lawyer for one of the parties in an arbitration refused to pay the arbitrator’s fee on the ground that he was unable to collect it from his client. My caller was certain he had seen authority in years past obligating lawyers to pay the litigation expenses of other professionals that were incurred on behalf of their clients. I replied that I was not aware of any such authority in Oregon. Moreover, I had always believed that the issue was governed by agency law and was not a matter of professional regulation….” (Link to full article.)
The Oregon Food Handlers Manual is not just for food-handlers. It’s for people who eat or buy food. Could this mean you?
1) If you eat in restaurants or at grocery stores, farmers’ markets, food carts, hospitals, country fairs, lemonade stands, fund-raising events, or just about anywhere else you buy food, you might be interested in how Oregonians are protected from food-borne illnesses.
2) Even if you don’t sell or serve food, if you EAT food, you might find the Food Handlers Manual interesting, along with the Oregon Food Safety website. (And for extra credit, you can read about Alcohol Server Education.)
It’s not too late to register to vote!
It’s not too late to register to vote!
It’s not too late to register to vote!
Assuming, of course, that you are reading this BEFORE October 12, 2010.
Visit the Oregon Secretary of State Election Division or your county election office for information on registering online or in person.
More about the November election.
The upcoming Banned Book Week, September 25 – October 2, 2010, gives us an excuse to wax poetically, briefly, with dignity, and without matches, on how to object, also with dignity and without matches, to a book in your public library. It’s quite easy:
Call, or
Visit, or
Connect to your library’s website.
Express your displeasure, with principled reasons,
And, simply, ask that your complaint about a book be heard (and responded to)
By the Library Director, Library Board and Library Managers.
For example, the Multnomah County Library offers many opportunities for you to communicate with the library’s Director and managers. Or, you can find your library at one of these Oregon library directories.
For more information on banned books:
The OSB has had a winning line-up of new books released this year, and the latest one “Rights of Foreign Nationals“is as welcome to lawyers and law librarians as the previous titles were, which include:
After highlighting Yale Law School Dogs in a previous blog post, I would be remiss if I omit a blog post on their rare book exhibit on Courtrooms in Comic Books.
(From the exhibit, “Superheroes in Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books“, curated by Mark S. Zaid, Esq., and on display Sept. 4-Dec, 16, 2010 in the Rare Book Exhibition Gallery, Level L2, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School.)
Reading the recent Willamette Week story, “Saving Ryan: Why it was left to two Portland judges to bring this junkie back from the brink,” September 15, 2010, by James Pitkin, reminded me of two things (more than two, actually, but only two that can be written about in the space of a blog post):
One: A book: “Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through his Son’s Addiction,” by David Sheff
Two: If you haven’t read about Portugal’s approach to drug addiction, crime, and health care, here are a few articles I’ve referred people to, though there are others if you want to do a full literature search. But these offer a good introduction to tease and tempt you into reading more:
Oregon Legal Research Blog