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Building a Better (or at least a free) Citator through Crowdsourcing
“…. The newly launched WeCite Project, co-sponsored by the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics and the free legal research platform Casetext, aims to bring the win-win power of crowdsourcing…
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Fences Between Neighbors: Who Pays and When?
…they provide a good foundation for further research if needed. They also explain legal language and terms so that when using more technical resources, it makes those more understandable. Nolo…
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Oregon Revised Statute error/correction: 2007 ORS 680.505
…want to learn lots more about legal research terminology. And don’t forget this terrific guide to “ How to Research a Legal Problem: A Guide for Non-Lawyers .”…
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Couch Potatoes: When is a Tenant Not a Tenant under Oregon’s Landlord-Tenant Law?
We came across another useful legal research resource for those frequently asked couch-potato questions: * Can I throw my brother-in-law out of my apartment? * My sister tells me…
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Legislative History
…know the history of. In this case, the woman already knew the exact statute. I got her onto one of our legal databases (there are many options out there, but…
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Oregon Solo Practitioners: Numbers Grow
Let’s hope a lot of them have found that a nearby county law library can help them keep costs under control with free legal research databases, conference rooms, research…
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Oregon Statute (ORS) Annotations: The Good, the Really Good, and the Awful
shepard’s,” which simply means you plug your statute citation into a Oregon case law database and run with it. Here’s the legal research lesson: Don’t let any one publisher do…
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Traffic Week: Public Transit in Oregon (Mostly Portland-Metro)
…unauthorized practice of law (ORS 9.160, 9.166 and 9.21). They may not interpret statutes, cases or regulations, perform legal research, recommend or assist in the preparation of forms, or…
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Can I file for punitive damages on an Oregon small claims case against a business?
This question came from a reader who came upon the Oregon Legal Research blog while doing some research. About Oregon small claims court and damages: Judges and mediators…