The latest (3/23/07) OJD Supreme Court Media Release includes these cases:
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Oregon Supreme Court Media Release
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Citizendium v. Wikipedia
The Oregonian Business section today (3/27/07) has a story on Citizendium, another “free encyclopedia.”
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Food Lawyers
Sunday’s Oregonian (3/25/07), Business section, also had an interesting story by Alex Pulaski about two Northwest attorneys who practice Food Law. Wash your hands, and your food, and don’t let the person handling the money also handle the food (is this a myth or just the least of our worries?) Bon appetite!
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Nicholas Haley, Part IV
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Reclaim Oregon Forests: One Kitz-Katz at a Time
If this isn’t a great note on which to end the week, thanks to Isaac Laquedem’s blog post about SB 916: Senator Gary George Proposes Firing on Fort Sumter. This comment of Isaac’s is the best:
“Not only that, Oregon could have its own currency, along the lines of the knuts, sickles, and galleons in the world of Harry Potter. I envision naming the units after our political leaders and famous stores, with one unit (like the Susan B. Anthony / Sacagawea dollar) celebrating women, all the while including something to amuse the children.For example, we could have as the basic unit the kitz (after former Governor Kitzhaber). Seven kitzes could make one katz (after the former mayor), seven katzes could make one sak, and seven saks could make one wife. Even though it’s not decimal, children could remember the system easily.”
And why not you might ask – reclaim AND create our own currency?
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Pet Food Recall
If you have a pet and haven’t yet heard about the pet food recall, well, what can I say other than, start reading about it now. Menu Foods and FDA have updated information. Many of the news stories can be found through your favorite search engine. I recommend Dogpile for this search today.
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Congressional Research Service Reports Mystery
From this:
“With the rapidly expanding use of the Internet, we believe it is appropriate for Members and Committees to use their web sites to further disseminate CRS products…we encourage you to post CRS products on your web site.” U.S. Senate, Committee on Rules and Administration, June 10, 1998. — (For more information what CRS reports are and the long journey to making them available to the public, see Stephen Young article on LLRX: “CRS Reports“)
To this:
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Oregon State Bar High School Essay Contest!
“Carpe Diem, a public High School, is located in a rural community in Oregon. Recently nine students were suspended for the remainder of the school year at Carpe Diem after they refused to remove black headscarves that they were wearing as an anti-war protest. While several of the students were merely wearing black bandannas tied to the top of their heads, five of the students were wearing long scarves in the style of an Islamic holy scarf, or hijab, which covered their entire faces, except for their eyes. “
Read more about the contest at the Oregon State Bar web site.
“The Oregon State Bar’s New Lawyers Division is proud to announce our 2007 High School Essay Contest. The contest is open to all Oregon high school students and three winners will be chosen to receive $500, $350, and $250, respectively for first, second, and third place entries. While teachers are encouraged to incorporate this project into their curriculum, many of our most competitive entries are received from students who engage this project on their own initiative. All entries should be submitted to the Oregon State Bar office at the address below. We wish you all the best of luck.”
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The 10K Mobile Law Office (from LTN)
I’ve been in need of cheering up lately and for some odd reason this article, “The 10K Mobile Office” from the Law Technology News made me smile and got the wheels turning. (You will need to register (it’s free) to read the whole article, or visit a library that gets the print.) What will please you too is that everyone pretty much agreed that you won’t need $10,000 to become mobile. You could spend $10,000, but you either don’t need to or if you do, you may be paying way too much. Now, will someone please tell me, what am I doing in my libary/office if I can go on the road for about $5,000?
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Electronics Recycling Laws in Oregon Legislature
A story in today’s Oregonian, “Proposed state electronics law targets landfills,” reminded me of a virtual reference request I had some time ago (very early in this current Oregon legislative session). I’m not sure you want to plow through my answer (a bit longer than my average blog posting), but if you are so inclined, here it is. (And you’ll also get to see how tricky virtual reference (VR) is, when you don’t have a person in front of you. (VR can make it a lot harder on both the librarian and on the person asking the question. The risk is great that they can get a lot more or a lot less of what they really want and need.)
This VR library patron asked if there was an Oregon equivalent to European RoHS laws:
“A quick search in the Oregon statutes doesn’t reveal one, but deeper research is needed before determining if the answer is yes or no. In real life, the answer to a specific legal question is often “it depends” or “sort of” or variations on those. There may also be legislation in the pipeline (see e.g. 2007 House Bill 2395, in the Oregon Legislature). Would this be of use to you?