Oregon Legal Research BlogJust because landlord-tenant law is state-specific and local law for most of us mere mortals doesn’t mean there aren’t some excellent treatises and resources on the subject for those…
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Research Foreign and International Law Like a Pro
If you’re not an expert researcher or if you don’t have access to a large law library with professional foreign and international law librarians, the key to productive legal…
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Don’t be a Sucker! Be a Smart Consumer, a Skeptic, or Simply Indulge Your Curiosity
I love reading consumer news, whether it’s sad stories or great tips in my local newspapers, consumer lawyer websites, or the multitude of consumer protection sites offered up by…
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Oregon Lawyers: 2015 Law Library Values Report (OSB) for Tax and Other Purposes
The Oregon State Bar has posted the latest Law Library Values report. You can also find previous reports, back to 2004….
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Job Announcement: Washington County (Oregon) Law Librarian (Library Director)
…Law Librarian position will be posted at our county Human Resources website starting Saturday, the best Pi Day ever: 3/14/15! (PiDay website and Wikipedia’s Pi/Pie Day.) Questions about this recruitment must…
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Oregon Landlord-Tenant Law: Questions and Resources
Law librarians are asked lots of landlord-tenant questions by public librarians and by law library patrons. Here is our latest list of contacts: IF YOU HAVE Oregon Landlord-Tenant Law QUESTIONS:…
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Too Big to Sue, (new-ish) Tort Reform, Arbitration Clauses, the Supreme Court and You
If you haven’t seen these 2 articles in your news feeds then you’re not doing your consumer law education reading: New York Times articles, by Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Michael Corkery, November 2015:…
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Consumer Reports (Magazine) Free, Online and the Google Insights Service
I was looking at the Google Insights service (prompted by PI Buzz’s exploration of the service) and thought I’d run my [free, online] Online Consumer Reports “test”…
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Resources for Librarians
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has an excellent Library Resources website for librarians who manage their library’s programming, websites, and research and reference services….
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Reading Saves Consumer Time, Money, and Lives
…is safe or if you really want that one rather than another one (or none at all)? Consumer, or shopping, homework doesn’t just mean reading the ads or looking for…