Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: June 10, 2011

Database of Oregon Nonprofits that Lost their Tax Exempt Status

By Laura Orr

…TACS) has posted the news. DATABASE: You can search the IRS database, titled: Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (use those keywords in your search engine if…

Published on: December 16, 2010

U.S. Congress: Free, Online House Staff Directory

By Laura Orr

…of the search screen ) seems to work better right now, at least for me.) The have a lot of additional news on government transparency at their blog….

Published on: September 21, 2010

Safe Disposal of Unused Medication: National Take-Back Initiative

By Laura Orr

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA): National Take-Back Initiative COLLECTION SITES: DEA collection site database (or link from NTBI website) News stories: 1) Oregonian story: “Federal authorities planning ‘take-back’…

Published on: July 29, 2011

“Twelve Nasty Work-From-Home Scams,” from Forbes

By Laura Orr

Forbes dot com brings us this story: Twelve Nasty Work-From-Home Scams, by Terra Stanley, 07.28.10, Forbes dot com More scam and other consumer protection information…

Published on: May 28, 2010

Farm Animals and the Law

By Laura Orr

…28 hours of train transport, but few cattle ride the rails these days….” (Read full Slate article.) (Thank you to Rob at Law in the News for the lead.)…

Published on: January 15, 2010

Home Schooling Law in Oregon

By Laura Orr

…more information on home schooling….” (link to full ODHS website) 2) OHEN: The OHEN homepage has links to homeschooling news and laws, among many other resources: “OHEN is an…

Published on: January 26, 2010

Go Online to Report a Crime in Portland, Oregon

By Laura Orr

You can report a crime and print out a crime report: Portland Police Bureau Citizen On-Line Reporting System is open for business: From their website: “Welcome to the…

Published on: January 26, 2010

New Law School to Open in Boise, Idaho

By Laura Orr

Visit the Concordia University Law School website to learn the status of this future Boise, Idaho law school. You can sign up to receive news updates. Link to their…

Published on: February 11, 2010

Prison Libraries: “A Mediocre Criminal, but an Unmatched Jailhouse Lawyer”

By Laura Orr

…he said, “I couldn’t have named a right in the Bill of Rights.”….‘ (link to full article) (Thanks to Law in the News for the lead.)…

Published on: February 24, 2010

Oregon Law and Dating: The “Sweetheart Scam”

By Laura Orr

Online Dating: On the Internet, no one knows you’re a crumbum: The Oregon Attorney General posted this a few days before Valentine’s Day: “He Loves Me; He’s Trying…