Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: March 2, 2007

Pro Se Parents and Winkelman

By Laura Orr

…I’d posted previously about Winkelman, here. If you do follow pro se litigant rights issues and don’t follow Shlep, now’s your chance to bring yourself up to date….

Published on: December 18, 2006

Independent Contractors in Oregon

By Laura Orr

If you’re going to work as an independent contractor, by all means read up on the subject and make sure you understand your rights and obligations. Your local…

Published on: September 22, 2006

By Laura Orr

child may file a lawsuit, without a lawyer, to enforce the child’s rights under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).” Gives one a lot to think about….

Published on: November 16, 2007

Fair use/Copyright Blog and Fantasy Baseball

By Laura Orr

Who said the law wasn’t fun? See the Fair Use Blog. Excerpt from one post: Fantasy Baseball 2, Real Baseball Zero: “By Michael Kahn The Eighth Circuit handed…

Published on: February 9, 2008

Amazon Kindles in the Public Library: Contract Issues

By Laura Orr

On a day of grappling with other digital publication contract issues, I saw this: ‘Is It OK for a Library To Lend a Kindle?Norman Oder — Library Journal, 2/7/2008…

Published on: November 26, 2007

It’s 9 a.m. Do you know if your software is licensed?

By Laura Orr

The Oregonian (11/26/07) has a story by Brian Bergstein (AP), “Software copyright watchdog takes bite out of small business” that puts a human face on the Business Software Alliance…

Published on: January 24, 2008

State Buries Slide Risk? Not digging that hole might get you buried

By Laura Orr

Real research means digging deeply and not all holes you dig are perilous ones. Some might save your life. Oregonian, Jan.20th, 2008, State Keeps Slide Risk to Itself,…

Published on: January 30, 2008

Spanish Language Dictionaries in the Courts

By Laura Orr

…first read about this article at the Foreign Collection Development blog, and then found a link to the full article here (and thank you Colorado Lawyer for reprint rights!)…

Published on: April 11, 2006

Law Librarian Disclaimers

By Laura Orr

…or a web page on legal reference materials. Disclaimers come in all shapes and sizes. We’ll link later to a variety of them, but in a pinch, use this one:…

Published on: February 20, 2008

State (Oregon) as Judgment Creditor: ORS 31.735

By Laura Orr

now conclude that the state has standing to assert its rights under ORS 31.735 and therefore order that the appeal shall proceed.” (full case in Oregon Court of Appeals)…