The Clackamas Review wrote a great story about our small claims court programs generally (see video) and the Clackamas County Small Claims Court Program specifically! “Make the most of…
The Governor signed HB 2316 on May 9th, 2007 (previously blogged here). Effective January 1, 2008, the Small Claims Court limit is raised from $5,000 to $7,500. This will…
If you’re following the Honda Civic Hybrid Lawsuit, that Small Claims Court vs. Class Action Settlement case, you can find updates at the plaintiff’s website and twitter feed. If…
Please note corrected effective date for this law – and thank you to the lawyers who alerted me to this! The Oregon Small Claims Court jurisdictional limit has been…
Small businesses in Oregon and Washington have a lot of legal resources from which to draw information and advice. I’ve blogged about Small Business Law before and recently have…
The OSB Sole and Small Firm Practitioners’ Section executive committee is starting a series of free or low-cost (for non-SSFP members) CLEs that may be of interest to solos…
The 2nd edition of Janay Haas, “Using Small Claims Court in Oregon,” 2018, is now available. Don’t litigate in Oregon Small Claims Court without it. Read our previous blog…
Read about the soon to be fully operational U.S. Copyright Office Small Claims Court: “In December 2020, Congress passed the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020 (CASE…
Oregon Small Claims Court forms (including updates) are available at the OJD Uniform Trial Court Rules (UTCR) website. Additional Oregon Small Claims Court information is available through…
Update on Honda Civic Hybrid Lawsuit: Small Claims Court vs. Class Action Settlement: “No ruling as Civic hybrid owner takes Honda to Small Claims Court,” LA Times, by Andrea…
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