Kevin Kelly’s Cool Tools are cool for a reason. His tips range far and wide – and I bet he has more fun web surfing (and living) in a week than most of us do in a month. He sure packs it in. One of his latest posts is about live-blogging at conferences, Tips for Conference Blogggers and he links to Bruno Giussini’s Lunch Over IP post on the subject.
There is no better way to end an old or begin a New Year than a visit with Justice Bedsworth, who takes on Kansas, Nebraska, London, South Korea, France, and Italy. As for London and Nebraska:
“… So, as you can see, there is not much to choose between these two places except that London has part of an ocean protecting it from the maniacal French, while Nebraska is chockablock next to the maniacal Kansans and you pretty much live in constant fear that they might pour across the border at any moment and take your science textbooks away from you. Other than that, I think you could have a great weekend in either place.” (For the Full Beds, go here.)
For Bedsworth fans, a faux Bedsworth-archive (or should I say a faux-archive of Bedsworth 🙂
The Dec 28th lineup of decisions (or from here if that link fails) includes, but is not limited to:
More on the Jordaan M. Clarke v. OHSU (SC S053868) case, with an examination of Article 1, section 10, of the Oregon Constitution.
State v. Shaff (SC S054425), where the Oregon Supreme Court examines Article 1, section 12, of the Oregon Constitution re Miranda warnings and domestic abuse reports (via the pizza driver).
On the heels of my new guide, How to Find a Lawyer in Oregon (I blogged about it here), the Oregon State Bar (OSB) has come out with a 2007 revision of their Fee Agreement Compendium. The compendium has been written for attorneys, but is useful for potential clients too. Visit your local law and public libraries for this and other titles on how to work with lawyers. (Lawyers already have lots of books on how to work with clients 🙂
A lot of legal practice involves investigating who, what, where, when, and why – and that means gathering information on all parties to the case (including one’s own client). Investigating in the 21st century adds a new dimension to what was done in the 20th century (pre-web and especially pre-database and pre-internet). This 12/24/07 PI Buzz post, The Armchair Investigator: Social Media and Teens, gives you a fair idea what you are up against – and I’m speaking primarily to those attorneys who think they don’t need to know what MySpace, Facebook, MyFace, wikiis, CHAT, IM, and all the other Web 2.0 tools, are.
Booknote: As you might have guessed from this post’s Title field, I’m reading Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, which is turning out to be even better and funnier than I imagined or certainly remembered. If you haven’t read it recently or at all, think about doing so. It’s worth it. I haven’t yet (!) seen the movie so can’t compare.
For the legal historians amongst you, this posting from the Law Librarian Blog:
Where is the Legislation That Banned Christmas?
Excerpt:
Press release from the American Library Association (ALA) here:
“This week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was ordered by Congress to re-open many of its libraries that had been closed over the course of the past year, as written into the fiscal year 2008 omnibus appropriations bill sent to President Bush this week.
EPA must “restore the network of EPA libraries recently closed or consolidated by the Administration…” and report on its plans to “restore publicly available libraries to provide environmental information and data to each EPA region…”
If you ever wondered what lawyers do off-hours (no, they do not eat their young – do they?), visit f/ka and get yourself a free, printable copy of the Giacalone Haiga Calendar 2008 calendars (2 choices!) – perfect for ringing in the New Year, peacefully, gracefully, a little wistfully, and with much hope.
What is haiga? One definition here (scroll down to last page) and another, more detailed, one here.
The Oregon Legislature has posted a press release of Top Bills Going into Effect January 1, including but not limited to new laws on health care, civil rights, ID theft protections, meth, veterans benefits, and consumer protection.
Other Legislative press releases can be found here.
The City of Gresham has posted information about the Gresham Rental Inspection program, including a copy of the Council Bill 14-07.
The Oregonian ran a story about the new program, “Landlords: the checks are in the code,” by Robin Franzen, on 12/20/07.
Oregon Legal Research Blog