Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: August 16, 2010

Affordable Lawyers: What Did Your County Law Library Do For You Today?

By Laura Orr

…thoroughly 5) Inter-library loan requests for books, articles, and other materials not online or not free online 6) Legal research services to solo and small law firm practitioners (databases, treatises, networking) 7)…

Published on: November 22, 2010

Medical – Legal Research Resources for Oregon Attorneys and Legal Researchers

By Laura Orr

…need to be a member of the institution to have access to their databases. See below for free medical databases or contact a public or medical library in your…

Published on: August 4, 2008

Online Oregon Criminal Records Searches (re CriminalSearches dot com)

By Laura Orr

…on a new website called CriminalSearches.com, which offers to search for “criminal” records throughout the US for free. The website includes case information from outside the state court system. The…

Published on: October 16, 2007

Early Bird Kicker Scam: Pass it on, please

By Laura Orr

…kicker refunds.” If you get a suspicious phone call or e-mail, call the Oregon attorney general’s toll-free consumer hotline, 1-877-877-9392, or visit their Web site.” More about the Kicker…

Published on: January 26, 2010

Go Online to Report a Crime in Portland, Oregon

By Laura Orr

…copy in 24 to 72 hours. Also, your copy of the report is free, avoiding the regular fees charged for reports. Please confirm the following to find out if online…

Published on: October 4, 2006

By Laura Orr

…of small business.” The story reports that the grant funding is from the city and Portland Business Alliance. (There may be others – this was a tiny story, more…

Published on: September 5, 2006

By Laura Orr

…it had been, could I have prevented it and what steps would I take to recover from it?” Some other web sites to visit:Findlaw: http://lawyers.findlaw.com/lawyer/practice/Identity-Theft Free Credit Reports: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/freereports/index.html…

Published on: August 17, 2009

Basic Oregon Legal Research Resources

By Laura Orr

…compact, sets! Other Oregon legal research resources not online include: · County codes, superseded· Court approved legal dictionaries· Disciplinary reports· Jury instructions, Oregon· Legal encyclopedias (some online, but only for…

Published on: October 12, 2009

Forthcoming: New Legal Research Database: Bloomberg Law

By Laura Orr

Bloomberg Law is set, later this month, to roll out its legal research database to compete, so we hear, with Lexis and Westlaw. Blog reports on the rollout include…

Published on: January 8, 2013

Law of Elvis on His Birthday, January 8th

By Laura Orr

According to some reports, Elvis was one of the least litigious superstars in the U.S. and maybe the world, and that most Elvis litigation occurred after his death. Whether…