Oregon Legal Research Blog…asking Brandon, his attorney, the federal public defender, and others, “are you able to check the inventory?” The right to Speak Out was returning, albeit slowly. But now there was…
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Model COBRA Subsidy Notices
The World of Work blog has a post on Model COBRA Subsidy Notices, and links to relevant DOL websites. This is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment…
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More Stunning Peanut Recall News
…nationwide outbreak of salmonella illness…. … The action came after federal officials discovered this month that the company, Peanut Corporation of America, knowingly shipped products contaminated with salmonella 12 times…
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Credit Freezes and Credit Reports in Oregon
…directly or from a reliable site, for example, the Federal Trade Commission webpage (a dot gov site) or Consumer’s Union, which has additional trustworthy websites. 2) Never click without mindfulness….
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Social Security Numbers: Privacy and Protection
From the Washington County (Oregon) Law Librarian: Law librarians often get questions from patrons about their Social Security Numbers. Here is an interesting report: King County Law Library…
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Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #11 (Article II, Sections, 18-24, Suffrage and Elections)
…unless the contribution consists of volunteer time, information provided to the candidate, or funding provided by federal, state, or local government for purposes of campaigning for an elected public office.Section…
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Naughty, Naughty: Lawyers and Public Officials: Disciplinary Records
…tenure granted to faculty or Article 3 protection granted to, uh, Article 3 federal judges. But, maybe more on ombudsmen later, in another post.)…
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Guilt By Association in the News: Mexico, Oregon, and the U.S. (Guantanamo)
…petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court to challenge his detention. Before the district court ruled on the petition, he received a hearing from a military…
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Good Calories, Bad Calories, and Twinkie Defenses
…against Multnomah County and a Philadelphia-based food distributor for serving food he says led to a near-fatal heart fibrillation. In a federal lawsuit, Richard Orr, 46, of Wilsonville, claims he…
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The official U.S. Code now has its very own RSS Feed
Law Librarian Blog links us to this story about the Legal Information Institute’s, U.S. Code (U.S.C.), including the RSS feed for official updates to the U.S.C. Not everyone will…