Oregon Legal Research Blog…1) You may want to read some news stories. Your public or college library will have newspaper databases that can be searched, but here’s one story on the web: an…
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Oregon Road Kill Law
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GPO Access Migration to FDsys
…documents on GPO Access to FDSys….” (link to full post) There is other useful legal research info at Gallagher Blogs, not just law school news, so check it out….
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Small Claims Litigant (winner) vs. Meth House (loser)
Who would have thought to use Oregon Small Claims Court to shut down a meth house? A very creative lawyer, that’s who! See the story in the…
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Should Juries Know the Likely Sentence When Deciding Guilt?
Are you following this blog conversation about Oregon sentencing law ?: “Should juries know the likely sentence when deciding guilt?“ Excerpt: “The title of this post is the…
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Oregon Nov 2008 Election Ballot Measures (so far)
From the Salem Statesman Journal, we read “Measures assigned their numerical designations: A dozen items will appear on Nov. 4 ballot, state says,” by Peter Wong, August 2,…
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Traffic Deaths: 40,000 and counting?
From: FARS (Fatality Analysis Reporting System) Encyclopedia (NHTSA): 2005: 43,510 (+/-) 2006: 42,642 (+/-) 2008: Good News About $4 Gas? Fewer Traffic Deaths and trend toward under 40,000?…
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Traffic” (by Tom Vanderbilt): An alternate title for the book might be “Idiots.”
Traffic, by Tom Vanderbilt: “…An alternate title for the book might be “Idiots” (from the NYT review of Traffic). See also this recent news story: Use turn signal? Why?:…
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What Would Mr. Darrow Do?: Twittering Trials
Real Lawyers have Blogs links to a Twittering Trials story. (BTW, the verb form of Twitter is tweet. (You learn something new every day.))…
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“Totally Cool, Retro Online” Copyright Tool
From Reference at Cedar Mill (thank you Liz!), we hear about this, “is it protected by copyright” tool, DigitalSlider. Another great place to learn interesting copyright news, without being…
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Consumer Reports Blogs!
Consumer Reports blog See my previous posts (here and here) on getting Consumer Reports product reviews online, free from your public library….