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Can a Private Publisher Own Public Law? Fastcase v. Casemaker
Citing law back to Wheaton v. Peters, 33 U.S. (8 Pet.) 591 (1834), “Fastcase maintains that public law cannot be copyrighted ….” [Quoted from Ambrogi, Feb. 6, 2016, article.]…
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Honest Services Law: Honestly, now!
For the record: The “honest services law” is 18 U.S.C. 1346, which is a federal (not state) law that is found in the U.S. Code. It has a complex…
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Does Your Chosen Candidate for Oregon Elected Office Know Local Government Budgeting Law?
…laws. From the Local Budget Law page of the Oregon Department of Revenue: “Most local governments in Oregon must prepare and adopt an annual or biennial budget. Schools, counties, cities,…
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Law dot Gov Update
For those who are waiting (breathlessly, perhaps) and wondering whatever happened to Law dot Gov, especially given how fast all those other new dot gov sites have popped up,…
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Summer Reading: Law and Non-law Fiction for Attorneys
The Oregon State Bar’s Ian Pisarcik, Legal Publications Attorney Editor, gives us a list of intriguing books for our reading pleasure: “As an attorney, two things are reasonably…
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Washington County Law Librarians Set Hours in Beaverton and Tigard
In an effort to make law library services more widely available, a law librarian is now on duty to provide assistance on a walk-in basis at both the Beaverton…
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EPA Libraries to Re-open, by order of Congress
Press release from the American Library Association (ALA) here: “This week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was ordered by Congress to re-open many of its libraries that had…
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Skip Tracing (aka Public Sleuthing) at King County Law Library (Seattle, WA)
If you can’t make it to the King County (Seattle) Law Library (KCLL) class, you may still partake of their law librarian generosity: you can read class handouts, including…
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Students: Do you have a Question about the Bar Exam?
website and look for the Bar Exam Information links. 3) Do you want copies of old Bar Exam study materials? Law school libraries often have databases with sample bar exam…