Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: February 28, 2007

HOA Proxy Form … in English, please

By Laura Orr

Here are two HOA proxies. Which one do you want your HOA to use? From Wayne Schiess, at his Legal Writing blog: This one: 1. “In accordance with the…

Published on: July 21, 2010

What is a “Valid Signature” on an Oregon Initiative Petition?

By Laura Orr

…ORS codification has been printed – this matters only if there were new I&R laws enacted during a Special Session): A) Use the General Index to get you to, among…

Published on: January 5, 2012

Lawyer and Law Student Criminal (or unethical) Use of Lexis & Westlaw

By Laura Orr

…from the Utah State Bar Ethics Advisory Committee, it is professionally unethical for a practicing attorney to ask a law student to use her free Lexis or Westlaw account for…

Published on: November 28, 2006

By Laura Orr

that claims based on existing laws include evidence that: 1) the owner has filed a complete land use application with a city or county;2) the city or county has made…

Published on: May 2, 2006

By Laura Orr

…Remember that there are also administrative trials, like Workers’ Compensation, the Land Use Board of Appeals, and the Employment Relations Board, where cases are heard by administrative law judges. In…

Published on: January 30, 2009

Sailboats Can Be “Floating Homes” in Oregon

By Laura Orr

The OSB Real Estate and Land Use Digest, vol. 30, no. 5, December 2008) discusses Ramsum v. Woldridge, 222 Or App 109, 192 P.3d 851 (2008): Excerpt from the…

Published on: May 1, 2006

By Laura Orr

Mandamus in Land Use Cases: The latest issue (Spring 2006, vol 25, #1) of the OSB “Litigation Journal,” has an article by Mark Fucile on “Mandamus in Land Use…

Published on: August 22, 2013

Is there an Official Online Version of “Oregon Tax Reports”?

By Laura Orr

…that became law did not require official, authenticated, or preservation of court documents (only administrative rules and statutes). Oregon UELMA: Chapter 221, (2013 Laws): Effective date May 23, 2013…

Published on: May 25, 2021

Oregon Law Will Require High School Students Receive Civics Education Before They Graduate

By Laura Orr

…an Oregon Laws Chapter number and then, usually, codified in the Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS), with numbers assigned by Legislative Counsel (often appearing in the bill itself or assigned after…

Published on: June 1, 2009

When Public Records Laws Trump HIPAA (Nebraska)

By Laura Orr

I saw this story at a May 17, 2009, PI Buzz blog post (3rd paragraph) and thought I’d blog about it here given the strong (ish) public records laws…