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Consumer Tip: Moving Companies Operating in Oregon Must be Licensed
…down on illegal movers during a sting Wednesday involving five unlicensed movers. Each of the movers was cited and accused of not complying with consumer protection and safety laws,…
Consumer Advocacy Award Finalist: “Economic Fairness Oregon”
An Oregon nonprofit, Economic Fairness Oregon , was one of five finalists for Consumer’s Union first Excellence in Advocacy Award , as reported in the January 2012…
Oregon Public Records, Consumer Protection, and the Oregon Attorney General
…records czar but limits consumer information, by The Oregonian’s Jeff Mapes and Laura Gunderson, December 02, 2009. Changes include: 1) Reorganization of how public records requests will be handled statewide,2)…
Automobile Fraud and Unsafe Vehicles
…consumers in unsafe vehicles….…Consumers can access critical nationwide total loss and salvage vehicle information on vehicles by visiting www.vehiclehistory.gov . NMVTIS is the only publicly available system…
Oregon e-waste Law: Recycling Electronics
From the 4/11/08, Oregonian story by Joe Fitzgibbon, “New Oregon law hits ctrl-alt-del on e-waste,” (And local recyclers are listed further down this very long post!) “Let’s say you’ve…
More Free Legal Research Databases for Oregon Researchers: Fastcase & HeinOnline
News from the Oregon State Law Librarian: “In addition to the EBSCO Legal Information Reference Center, all Oregon residents have access to Fastcase. Please click on https://apps.fastcase.com/Research/Public/Oregon/login.aspx and register…
IRS Publication on the Affordable Health Care Law
IRS publication 5187, also available at the IRS ACA website, may help you learn how the Affordable Care Act affects your taxes. IRS Publication 5187, Health Care Law: What’s…
Traffic Week Miscellany: Human Transit, Jump Starts, and, of course, Cows
For my penultimate Traffic Week blog post, I give you these: 1) Transit musings: Try this transportation blog: Human Transit 2) Traffic law sometimes surprises: If you ever were…
The Barking Dog Next Door
…fabulous neighborhood association. (Some of us are lucky that way.) If you have one, call them. 2) Local law: You may live in a place where there are…
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