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Happy Thanksgiving!
…and unusual punishment. Tofurkey Producer Sues Texas over Labeling Laws The makers of Tofurkey, Turtle Island Foods, is an Oregon company that produces plant-based products. They have filed a suit…
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Oregon Babysitting, Home-Alone: Parents, Teens, and Children and the Law
See recent updates (e.g. 2/10/11, 6/15/09 ), but also click on the Home Alone label in the sidebar. The most frequently sought and read posts here at this…
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Teen and Parent Legal Angst and What to do about it
…Home Alone label in the sidebar.) As is also true for most legal questions, the specific question and answer at hand is only part of the picture so the research…
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Babysitting and the Law
** Please see the June 2009 update (or click on the Babysitting label). ** This is the time of year when the babysitting questions appear with increasing…
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Cite-Checking: A Thousand Points of Citator-Speak
…label for Shepardizing. When I’m speaking generically, I use “citator service.” To take the “Xerox” out of photocopy, or the “Kleenex” out of tissue, I would just refer to it…
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When is it criminal neglect to leave your children alone?
See recent updates (e.g. 2/10/11 ), but also click on the Home Alone label in the sidebar or the bottom of this post. Some of the most frequently…
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Justice Bedsworth, Fantasy Sports Judge
Just in time to help us solve the Oregon sentencing and the Portland/Beaverton baseball stadium disputes: It’s a new month (October!) and the funniest judge in the country…
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Neighbor Law: Please Don’t Attack Your Neighbor
A recent Oregonian news story: “Aloha man admits to attacking his neighbor for trimming shade trees,” by Roger Gregory, December 13, 2011. The sentence? “…Sentence: Bosket…
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“What If” in Law and Literature … and “Lives Like Loaded Guns”
…by actual people is familiar with this mental gyration: 1) Sure I killed that person. What if I tell you that I’m not guilty of murder because he broke…