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Summer Reading: Law and Non-law Fiction for Attorneys
The Oregon State Bar’s Ian Pisarcik, Legal Publications Attorney Editor, gives us a list of intriguing books for our reading pleasure: “As an attorney, two things are reasonably…
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Law dot Gov Update
For those who are waiting (breathlessly, perhaps) and wondering whatever happened to Law dot Gov, especially given how fast all those other new dot gov sites have popped up,…
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Law of Elvis on His Birthday, January 8th
…CLE on “Elvis Law. The state and federal cases dealing with the late king of rock `n’ roll.” There were lots of news stories at the time of the CLE….
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Can Convicted Rapists in Oregon Demand Custody or Visitation With a Child Born Through Rape?
A Law dot com news feed article: “Skadden Associate, Herself a Rape Victim, Dives into Akin Fray,” by Brian Baxter, Am Law Daily, 8/22/12, got me wondering about Oregon’s…
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Honest Services Law: Honestly, now!
For the record: The “honest services law” is 18 U.S.C. 1346, which is a federal (not state) law that is found in the U.S. Code. It has a complex…
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New Douglas County (Oregon) Law Library Website
Today we’re featuring the new website for the Douglas County (Oregon) Law Library. Oregon county law libraries offer lots of services, individually and as an association (we share information…
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Job Opening: Willamette Law Library Director
Law Librarian Blog posting: Director of the Law Library, Willamette University College of Law AALL (American Association of Law Libraries) Career Center….
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Opportunity Costs of Blogging
As the Oregon Legal Research blogger, I’ve stretched the scope of my “blog focus” to include writing for and answering questions from pro se patrons, public librarians, lawyers, community…
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Can a Private Publisher Own Public Law? Fastcase v. Casemaker
Citing law back to Wheaton v. Peters, 33 U.S. (8 Pet.) 591 (1834), “Fastcase maintains that public law cannot be copyrighted ….” [Quoted from Ambrogi, Feb. 6, 2016, article.]…