IS there Law of the Lemonade Stand? You bet. Read this story from ABC News, Mayor Shutters Children’s Produce Stand For Lack of Permits: Eleven-Year-Old Says Melons, Zucchini Were Her Biggest Sellers, by Sarah Netter, Aug. 21, 2008.
And see this story too: If someone hands you a lemon, get a permit.
The season for lemonade might be winding down, but fall produce is not far behind.
From Lessig blog, comes this: Free (open source) Copyright Licenses
“… So for non-lawgeeks, this won’t seem important. But trust me, this is huge.
I am very proud to report today that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (THE “IP” court in the US) has upheld a free (ok, they call them “open source”) copyright license, explicitly pointing to the work of Creative Commons and others…. (link to full post)
If you haven’t discovered the wealth of legal research information at LLRX, here’s your chance to take a quick tour.
Start with Law of the Pacific Islands, but explore the whole site. Their home page highlights the articles of the month, their feature stories, their columns, and much, including their LLRX Court Rules, Forms and Dockets.
LLRX has been around for a long time (1996!) so use the search box on their home page to find articles on your own research topics. And visit Sabrina’s beSpacific blog, a famous, one of a kind research treasure trove.
Many of you already know about the TACS (hurrah!) Oregon Nonprofit Corporation Handbook.
But you may not know that their Chapter 13 (NOT this Chapter 13 – but Chapter 13 of the TACS Handbook) reprint might just be what the lawyer ordered (or would have if s/he knew what you were up to, or not up to, or took a look at your nonprofit’s bylaws) for nonprofit boards.
I posted last about nonprofits, here.
If you were a lawyer selecting a juror wouldn’t you want to have a look at jurors’ Social Network (web 2.0) sites, such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc.?
See David’s Blog post from 8/19/08, In trial and on the net, how lawyers use the web
The post talks about the press of time during voir dire, but I’ve been a potential juror many (many! – can’t they have a random AND a non-repetitive selection process?) times and on very few of those occasions did the judge insist the lawyers move it along. I can remember a couple of occasions where opposing counsel could have Googled the jurors names AND blogged about the trial (and written home about how the day was going), with time to spare. (Always, always, always carry lots of reading material when on jury duty. I love jury duty, but Move It Along, counsel. A bored juror, while not worse than an angry one, is not a good juror.)
Who would have thought to use Oregon Small Claims Court to shut down a meth house? A very creative lawyer, that’s who!
See the story in the July 2008 issue of the Oregon State Bar (OSB) Bulletin, Oregon’s War on Methamphetamine,” by Janine Robbin.
Excerpts:
Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industry (BOLI): Child Labor Law: School-To-Work
History of child labor laws, here and here (for a start).
My previous posts on babysitting, leaving children alone, etc. can be linked to from here.
The OSB Litigation Section Newsletter, July 2008 issue, also has this article, “Oregon Condemnation Procedure Revisited,” on page 8, by Mark J. Fucile.
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