Oregon Legal Research Blog…of any illusion that searching public (and private) records is for the faint-hearted.) SECOND, Check the state’s court records databases and, if you’re researching a business, with the state’s attorney…
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Book: Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars From Gutenberg to Gates
…to spread cheap reprints of popular sheet music. In the 1950s, a pirate music label named Jolly Roger issued recordings by Louis Armstrong and other jazz greats from LP’s that…
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Casemaker vs Fastcase: Closed vs “Open” Source
…a real liability in the legal world, where non-attorneys in large and small law firms are the very people who not only do a lot of database searching but are…
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Fastcase Tools: Justia, NewsLibrary, USLegalForms
Jim Calloway, at the Oklahoma State Bar, alerts us to these “Ten Improved Fastcase Tools,” including this intriguing one (among others): “PACER Searching Searching federal dockets with PACER…
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Are You Being Sued? How to find out if a Lawsuit has been Filed (in Oregon and beyond)
…you look that up? 1) Here in the U.S., if you are searching state court records (rather than federal court records), you will generally look to a courthouse docket, database,…
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License to Print Money? Researching Marijuana Taxation Law, History, and Practice
…any alternate spellings, nicknames, or slang that you may not have found while searching the resources above. You can’t do a full search without using the right “keywords.” You can…
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Criminal Records / Background Checks
…worth repeating. Locating criminal records is always harder than most people imagine. There is no single database for searching criminal records, unless you know for a fact that the person…
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Unclaimed Property: A Career Choice?
…“National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators” (NAUPA) and their state affiliates offer these exact same searching services free. These are government offices, not private businesses. They link you…
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How to Find Recent Oregon Attorney General Opinions (if you’re a mere mortal)
…recent as June, but when I narrow it to AG Opinions, I get “No results.” Not helpful. And searching Summaries reveals that there aren’t any 2014 opinions here – and…