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One day you will want to read about non-compete agreements and when you do, a good place to begin will be the OSB Litigation Section’s Summer 2007 newsletter Litigation Journal. There is an excellent introduction and survey of the caselaw in the article, “Non-Competition Agreements and Related Employment Issues: A Primer,” by Kate A. Thompson Wilkinson.

Only back issues of the “Litigation Journal” are available online, but if you’re not in a hurry for this article, check out the section’s web page in a year or so (maybe less – I don’t know – I don’t make these decisions – if I did, well, I don’t – ask the section leaders).

If you are in a hurry, ask a section member or call your local law librarian who will be able to find you a copy.

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In July 2008, about 2,000 law librarians and their families will descend upon Portland, Oregon. Many will arrive just in time for a conference, from July 12th to 15th, but many others will arrive earlier, stay longer, travel Oregon and Washington and Idaho and Montana and (enough!), and some may even decide to stay – forever.

So, if you see this in the title field, AALL PDX 2008, the blog posting contains information for law librarians and others who plan to attend the 2008 American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon, July 12th to 15th, 2008. You can also use it in the search box later to find all the AALL PDX 2008 posts.

These posts will cover a wide variety of content, from food, to travel, to advice, to weather, etc. Our main purpose is to include for our fellow law librarians some of the more offbeat or oft-missed sights and sounds. It also might include some of our own personal favorite Portland Plus places and things, like Portlandia, Dan & Louie’s, the Horse Project, the Gold Man atop the State Capitol (it’s a long distance relationship between him and Portlandia, so don’t ask).

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We heard from another law library patron the other day who called to say, “thanks!” for the ticket “beating” information we provided (see my Beat Your Ticket posting from July 13th).

Life’s not fair (see Ernie the Attorney’s “unfair” posting from July 29th), though sometimes it can be unfair in YOUR favor (see Beaverton police officer ticket story update today in the Oregonian).

Ya gotta play hurt sometimes and other times you gotta play on the side of the angels.

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Dog Law in Oregon (but beware of those cats and ferrets!):

HB 2345 (2007) (engrossed bill here) has passed both chambers of the legislature and appears to be on the way to the Governor (look for the “enrolled bill” in a few days). Here is a summary (from the engrossed bill) and a history (as of today):

“The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the measure.

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Did you know that there is a Family Law Facilitator in most Oregon counties and that s/he can help you with a wide range of family law questions on divorce, support, custody, etc. (Adoption questions usually are addressed to the Probate Court, but your Family Law Facilitator could advise you.

The Family Law Facilitator’s primary role is to assist pro se (self-represented) litigants, but the Facilitator is also an excellent source of information for local attorneys (who may also offer to volunteer their services to the Facilitator).

Contact your local county circuit court or the Oregon Judicial Department (OJD) to find out who and where your Family Law Facilitator is. Here’s a link to the OJD Family Law web pages, which has lots of additional information about family law matters.

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State Legislatures Blog: For those policy wonks out there in legal research land, The Thicket is a blog you might not have seen yet. It’s dry (except to policy wonks), but there are some tempting little nuggets that pop up and may make this blog worth a look now and again (or use your RSS feed). Some of these nuggets might become the next big thing, but even if not, they will tease the wonkish brain. (Disclaimer: I follow the Portland Charter Review Commission, among other such creatures, so have no defense against the accusation of wonkishness 🙂 (And thanks to Neat New Stuff on the Net for the link!)

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Copyright and Orphan Works: Orphan works are “copyrighted works whose owners may be impossible to identify and locate.” See the latest report the Copyright Office, commissioned by Senators Hatch and Leahy.

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