Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: August 23, 2010

Business Tax on Bloggers? In Philadelphia, Yes, and Others?

By Laura Orr

…of income from that activity, then that person could expect a tax bill from the city for $300. It represents the cost of a business privilege license. Apparently…

Published on: July 20, 2012

Oregon Law Practice Management for Lawyers: Tips Galore

By Laura Orr

…Remember the PLF! They may save your practice and maybe even your life. Log in to PLF for free and low–cost CLEs, law practice management services and advice, etc….

Published on: April 17, 2007

Insurance, Libraries, Lawyers, Public Records, and You

By Laura Orr

…long as the law suit was for damages. By suing us in federal court seeking declaratory relief and costs of the suit and counsel, plaintiff knew that BHS would…

Published on: February 6, 2008

Who or What is JSTOR?

By Laura Orr

…can be much more than a collection of articles. If you want to know more about databases, without screaming, visit here and here. If it helps, online library…

Published on: July 30, 2008

Response-Ability: Defending the Yoga Instructor When a Student is Injured

By Laura Orr

…and scholarly databases that can be searched free of charge, often remotely (i.e. from any computer, with your library card). I try to provide enough bibliographic data to enable you…

Published on: August 3, 2006

By Laura Orr

…allow for very limited and very crude field searching, but then they are search engines, not databases. (Now if only they could direct my search results into a database that…

Published on: September 11, 2007

Who’s Taking the Public Out of Public Records?

By Laura Orr

…confidentiality issues. For example, from a Scoop posting that the PI Buzz post links to: “The good news is that there are plenty more databases served up on newspaper…

Published on: March 20, 2014

The Law of Oregon Crowdfunding and Raising Money on the Internet CLE (1 credit)

By Laura Orr

…and exciting and its impact is expanding globally. But in the United States, crowdfunding fits within an existing legal structure that is changing more slowly than the buzz would suggest….

Published on: August 9, 2007

Elephant Garlic Festival & Oregon Air Show

By Laura Orr

We now break into our regularly scheduled legal research program for a message from our county’s entertainment center, without which we would be much duller creatures. This weekend in…

Published on: April 19, 2013

Oregon and Federal Court Case Notification Service: Willamette Law Online

By Laura Orr

For an easy, low-stress Oregon, 9th Circuit, and U.S. Supreme Court decision-tracker, sign up for Willamette Law Online, from the students and faculty at Willamette Law School. It’s easy…