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I read an interesting story in the National Law Journal (12/22/08, vol. 31, no. 17, p.1) about special state courts just for veterans. It’s free on their website (thank you NLJ!):

Courts for veterans spreading across U.S.: Wave of vets in courts trips alarm,” by Lynne Marek, December 22, 2008:

Excerpt: “State criminal courts devoted to U.S. war veterans are emerging across the country, from New York to Oklahoma to California, as increasing numbers of soldiers returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are showing up as defendants with a special set of problems.

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We occasionally get questions from people who want to set up business as debt collectors. It’s a tough business and I recommend an apprenticeship first, but who am I to stop the dreamers who want to set up shop, in the food business, in retail, in debt collection, in private investigation, or any other small business endeavor.

Librarians like dreamers and some of our small business dreamers manage to make their dreams come true.

We also like dreamers who do their legal research. There are a lot of small business research resources all over the Internet, including the ones you’ll find at your public library and others like this Small Business Legal Clinic (and I blogged about it here).

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Have you seen this Moving toward a 21st Century Right to Know Agenda from OMB Watch (Recommendations to President-elect Obama and Congress)?

See also the professor who Commented on my post, Oregon Public Records Law Disclosure and Email: about how the DOJ website can be less than helpful, though I am optimistic that 2009 will bring improvements. The Commenter’s link is to this Oregon public records search tool: OpenUpOregon.

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1) The Oregon Constitution has been wikified, but not just here (or the Ballotpedia version or this Indopedia version) but also by the good people at WikiProject Oregon who are wikifiing the Oregon Constitution, creating a Wikisource edition.

2) How to Find the Most Current Additions to the Oregon Constitution:

a) Given our rather interesting (you can’t make me use those other adjectives that spring to mind) system of amending the Oregon Constitution, I thought a few remarks on finding the most current version of the Oregon Constitution might be in order:

b) The version at the Oregon Legislature’s website does not now (as of this date) include changes to the Constitution made in Special Sessions. For example, as of today, the Oregon Legislature’s Constitution is dated 2007. However … there were changes in the 2008 Special Session.

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An interesting (but not earth shattering) case from Australia: the court (Master Harper) allowed a mortgage lender to serve the homeowners – at their Facebook page.

Find stories on the web, using these search words (or others of your choosing): australia court service mortgage facebook Canberra

Make sure you read at least a few stories out of Australia, not just the U.S. papers reporting the story. E.g.:

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It’s not enough to sort out the papers, the wills, the taxes, the trusts, the long-lost relatives; you also need to think about burial and funerals. The law has a long reach.

Where to begin if you want to know about funeral law?

1) The place to begin your research is the Oregon Mortuary and Cemetery Board’s webpage. This Board has many publications at their website under their homepage topic, “Consumer Related.”

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On the Internet, Everything is Public. Repeat often.

Yes, we all live and will probably die, by email and other electronic communications, but you can also think about the words Privacy, Confidentiality, and Public Records (and maybe also the word Exemption).

Some of you may have already noticed this Warning in emails received from some Oregon government entities:

“PUBLIC RECORDS LAW DISCLOSURE

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The Food Liability Law Blog has some interesting posts, including this one that features an Oregon and Washington public health officer: “Is it Really a Food-Born Illness?”

Excerpt:

“At a recent presentation, Dr. Alan Melnick, a public health officer in both Oregon and Washington, provided a useful list of alternative causes of symptoms to consider when someone claims a food-borne illness. Other causes of symptoms that might be confused for food-borne illness include (but may not be limited to):

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From the Washington County (Oregon) Law Librarian:

We came across this Oregon Department Human Services website, with a variety of legal links on the following topics:

1) Planning
2) Power of Attorney
3) Wills & trusts
4) Guardians & Conservators
5) Finding an elder law attorney
6) Disability issues

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