Real Life Name Changes:
1) Your Oregon County Circuit Court is the best place to begin if you need or want to make an actual name change. Many have name-change forms online or for sale at the Courthouse.
2) For example, in Washington County, visit the Washington County Circuit Court webpage on Name Change for forms and information.
Constitution Day is Thursday, September 17, 2009. I won’t be celebrating in my usual way, but will acknowledge the day by giving out free pocket U.S. Constitutions at the Washington County Law Library, in Hillsboro.
For more information about Constitution Day:
1) Constitution Day is Every Day, at the Law Librarian Blog.
Save the date:
Wordstock will be held October 11-13th, 2009, at the Oregon Convention Center, in Portland.
Meet your favorite writers, visit the Book Fair, buy books, and sample the neighborhood restaurants (and find Portland neighborhoods further afield).
We not only admire civil servants who come up with creative solutions that save taxpayers money, we especially love it when managers ask and listen to their front line staff members who often have the best ideas on how to improve service and save money!
From the Washington County Sheriff’s Office
“Expanded Jail Visiting Schedule: Social and Professional Visits – Effective September 1
In an effort to stretch budget dollars during the economic downturn, the Washington County Jail implemented a new staffing schedule. Normally having fewer deputies available would mean fewer visiting hours for the public and professional visitors. However, thanks to innovative ideas from our jail staff, we implemented a series of schedule changes to meal times and other programs, so we are actually able to increase the number of available visiting hours from 36 to over 49 hours per week!”
This was worth passing on, even though there is no obvious Oregon connection. We have all heard about these types of lawyers (and other Eddie Haskells in our lives).
From the Ralph Losey E-Discovery Team blog:
Court Catches On To Feigned Attorney Cooperation and Client Pays the Consequences
OregonLive, and other news outlets, reported on the recent Multnomah County District Attorney 2009 audit: Audit: Multnomah County DA’s Office could communicate better with public, by Anne Saker, The Oregonian, September 14, 2009
You can find a full-text copy of the audit: Multnomah County District Attorney: Data, Technology, and Communication with the Public, September 2009, and other documents, at the Multnomah County Auditors website – and here is a direct link to the report.
Please read the information at the Oregon Judicial Department website (click on the What’s New link) and your county Circuit Court website for updated court fee information as quoted below:
“Notice of State Court Filing Fee Changes – Effective October 1, 2009
Notice of State Court Filing Fee Changes
Effective October 1, 2009
Legislative changes in 2009 that become effective October 1, 2009, will significantly change some state court filing fee amounts. (HB 2287, ch. 659, Oregon Laws 2009).
Before filing papers in a state court on or after October 1, 2009, please check the court’s website or contact the court for correct fee amounts.
Fee questions?
Tattooing is an art and a craft and a service and a profession. In Oregon, it is regulated.
1) Advisory Council for Electrologists, Permanent Color Technicians and Tattoo Artists for Laws & Rules and Forms pertaining to the Tattoo Arts.
2) There is an Oregon Health Licensing Agency (OHLA) and they have lots of information about piercing and tattooing safety.
3) If you are thinking about getting a tattoo, approach the event as a smart consumer would approach the purchase and “consumption” of any other service, whether it is for health care, construction work, or artwork:
“Are open-court efforts waning?,” by The Editorial Board, Oregonian, September 09, 2009
“In Oregon, news organizations still fight for public access, aided by the constitution
We hear they are at it again (or even still), so put your shields up – and alert anyone who answers the telephone for your business.
FTC Sues to Halt Three Cross-Border Business Directory Scams
“The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit to halt the illegal operations of three telemarketing boiler rooms in Montreal, Canada. The agency alleged that the telemarketers bilked thousands of small- and medium-sized U.S. businesses and non-profits, including churches, schools, and charities, out of millions of dollars by deceiving them into paying for listings they never ordered in worthless business directories….” (link to FTC story)
