Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: December 1, 2006

By Laura Orr

…may be open to discovery during litigation because of changes in federal law, according to attorney Barney Robinson of Butler Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC. “Mountains of data will…

Published on: April 13, 2006

By Laura Orr

Citing unpublished opinions in the federal courts: It’s a Yes. The Supreme Court has not surprisingly approved citing to unpublished cases next year. beSpacific and How Appealing, among others,…

Published on: January 10, 2008

Annotated Justinian Code now Online

By Laura Orr

…means 19th century forward 🙂 were online …. I can dream, can’t I? And it’s not as if all U.S. federal or state statutes were online with free access,…

Published on: November 9, 2005

By Laura Orr

2005 Fed Sentencing Guidelines: The 2005 Federal Sentencing Guidelines are online, here….

Published on: December 12, 2012

Criminal Records Verification in Oregon – a Legislative Report

By Laura Orr

…renewed. These verification requirements are established in either Federal or State law, depending on the specific profession….” [Link to full report.] Read the full text of this report and other…

Published on: November 22, 2013

Disease Outbreaks, Comets, War Monuments, oh my! Entertaining and Educational Government Apps

By Laura Orr

From a GovLoop blogger: 10 Most Entertaining Government Mobile Apps: 1) Solve the Outbreak, from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention 2) NASA App: NASA’s official app…

Published on: August 13, 2014

Lawyer Ethics: Advising Marijuana Users and Businesses (Washington State)

By Laura Orr

…conduct that the lawyer knows is criminal . . .” Does this cover lawyers advising clients under Washington’s new marijuana law, when possession is still a crime under federal law?…

Published on: May 12, 2015

Librarians versus the NSA (The Nation)

By Laura Orr

…freedom was Zoia Horn, who spent three week in jail in 1972 for refusing to testify against anti–Vietnam War activists. During the Cold War, librarians exposed the Federal Bureau of…

Published on: January 24, 2018

Oregon State Library Digital Collections Platform

By Laura Orr

…our commitment to providing access to state government publications and expanding our digital collections to include Oregoniana, Oregon-related federal government publications, and more. We encourage everyone to take a look…

Published on: December 5, 2007

The Sixth Amendment – and the right to a chamber pot

By Laura Orr

…and a chamber pot,” by Robert McWhirter and published in the Arizona Attorney, is all of those and more. (Thanks to a federal circuit court librarian for the lead and…