Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: March 25, 2008

Privatization of Access to Taxpayer-Funded Government Documents Continues

By Laura Orr

…very long time (decades, in fact). Here is a summary from WisBlog, “Exclusive Rights to GAO Legislative Histories Sold to Thomson West?” (thanks, Bonnie!), with links to relevant documents and…

Published on: May 1, 2008

Polygamy and the Law: Beyond Jurisprurience

By Laura Orr

interplay between the state, religion and the rights of children, women and families. This week on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, I discuss the events in Texas with two guests ….”…

Published on: September 18, 2008

Can I tape record a conversation without someone knowing it?

By Laura Orr

…tapes Portland police rousting two men, by Aimee Green, The Oregonian, Tuesday September 16, 2008, 10:29 PM After Mike Tabor turned his videocamera on two Portland cops rousting a couple…

Published on: September 22, 2008

Zombie Debt: Know Your Statute of Limitations and Other Debt Collection Laws

By Laura Orr

***Update: See the 4/2/12 post on recent Court of Appeals cases related to the statute of limitations for debt collection in Oregon*** We’ve been getting a…

Published on: December 1, 2008

Breast Cancer Legal Advocacy, in Oregon and the Nation

By Laura Orr

3) In Oregon, I blogged a while ago about the Breast Cancer Legal Advocacy Project and updates on the Project can be read at the Susan G. Komen webpage….

Published on: January 4, 2009

Setting Up Business as a Debt Collector in Oregon

By Laura Orr

…or online bookstores: 1) Creditors’ Rights and Remedies-OSB, 2002 with 2006 supplement revisions-Looseleaf 2) Foreclosing Security Interests-OSB, 1997 with 2005 supplement revisions-Looseleaf 3) Fundamentals of Collecting Money Judgments-OSB CLE-2003 4)…

Published on: August 1, 2006

By Laura Orr

Internet Privacy and Reference Questions: With the deepest and sincerest apologies to Jane Austen: It is a truth universally acknowledged that anything you write on the Internet is as…

Published on: June 13, 2014

Judicial Scandal in Pennsylvania: Oregon Premier of “Kids for Cash” Documentary: June 22, 2014

By Laura Orr

…children. Link to the following event information from the Youth, Rights, Justice (an independent nonprofit) website: Tickets for the June 22nd Portland Premiere Register: June 23rd Screening and CLE…

Published on: February 12, 2006

By Laura Orr

…on Gmail, but it is a voice of reason and caution: “Gmail violates the privacy rights of non-subscribers. Non-subscribers who e-mail a Gmail user have “content extraction” performed on their…

Published on: June 4, 2015

Does This Blog Answer Readers’ Questions?

By Laura Orr

…residents (and the rest of Oregon – and other states and countries on occasion) and run a public law library so we just don’t have the time to answer everyone’s…