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Travel Tip: FAA Mobile App for Travelers and Aviation Buffs
Travelers and Aviation Buffs: FAA Mobile App Infodocket brings us news of the first release of the FAA Mobile app. News, travel advisories, updates, and more. You can…
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Piracies, Robberies, and Murder on the High Seas: Pirate Trials (pre-1923)
The Law Library of Congress has digitized its collection of pre-1923 piracy trials. The full texts of these titles are available at the LLoC website, including: 1) A…
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File a Complaint at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
beSpacific alerted us to this beta-test Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) database: Consumer Complaint Database You can file all sorts of consumer financial services complaints at their “Submit…
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Who Voted for the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare)?
The vote in Congress on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148 (2010)) was as follows: House: 219-212 Senate: 60-39 (Source: Thomas dot gov, August 27,…
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Oregon Contract Lawyers: Independent Contractors or Employees?
…lawyers should be aware that law firms, just like any other businesses, may be audited by federal and state agencies to ensure they are correctly classifying their contract lawyers as…
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A little light reading: Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons transcript
For those of you following the first sale case currently being heard in the Supreme Court, the transcript from yesterday’s oral arguments is now available (Kirtsaeng v. John…
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Read the Tax Bill (almost Law): “Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010”
Better late than never, I think. If you want to read the tax bill that just passed the House and is now on the way to, if…
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Database of Oregon Nonprofits that Lost their Tax Exempt Status
More than 3,700 Oregon nonprofits have lost their tax-exempt status due to a Failure to File. The Nonprofit Association of Oregon (formerly known…
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U.S. Congress: Free, Online House Staff Directory
The Sunlight Foundation releases a beta version of a House (Congressional) Staff Directory. (Note: Clicking on the Members List (at bottom of the search screen…