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Oregon Revised Statutes Copyright Dispute: The Copyright Comic Book (and a few more side dishes)
…official legal publishing, and vendor neutral citation (yes, all of these are entertwined) – unless you want to sound ill-informed (or worse) when you Comment about the issue on the…
Can Convicted Rapists in Oregon Demand Custody or Visitation With a Child Born Through Rape?
A Law dot com news feed article: “Skadden Associate, Herself a Rape Victim, Dives into Akin Fray,” by Brian Baxter, Am Law Daily, 8/22/12, got me wondering about Oregon’s…
Fastcase 50: What is Your Legal Legacy?
For inspiration and hope, visit the Fastcase 50: “Honoring the law’s smartest, most courageous inventors, techies, visionaries, & leaders.”…
Public Notices / Legal Notices
…through local newspapers, and to educate the public on the value and use of its right to know….” (Link to PNRC About webpage.) Previous OLR posts on legal notices….
Legal Research Guide Search Engine
Sometimes you just need a legal research guide, not a full-bodied Google or Dogpile search. Try this from our wonderful law librarian colleagues at Cornell University Law Library,…
Legal Phrase Origins (with jokes): Don’t make a federal case out of it!
…these phrases and many more in the new book “Lawtalk: the unknown stories behind familiar legal expressions,” by James E. Clapp, Elizabeth G. Thornburg, Marc Galanter, and Fred R. Shapiro….
Can I have a lawyer in Small Claims Court?
…them a book by Nolo Press called How to Represent Yourself in Court. Nolo Press is a legal publisher that provides information on a legal topic written for non-legal professionals….
When Lawyers Sue Legal Publishers: Contracts and/or Ethics?
This is an interesting story: Law Professors Seek Injunction over ‘Sham’ Treatise Supplement, by Shannon P. Duffy, The Legal Intelligencer, April 16, 2009. Excerpt: “An ugly dispute has erupted…
Grandparent Visitation Rights in Oregon
…for petitioning the court for third-party or grandparent visitation rights. If you don’t want to believe me, read the 2012 Legal Guide for Grandparents, which also says there are no…
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