Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: January 23, 2007

Measure 37: The L&C Law Profs Sound Off

By Laura Orr

Today’s Oregonian opinion piece by Lewis & Clark ‘s Professor Blumm is here: “Inject some clarity in our land-use laws,” and Lewis & Clark’s Professor James Huffman’s piece from…

Published on: January 12, 2007

Aging, the Law, and AARP

By Laura Orr

…as I do reading Consumer Reports. This month (Jan 2007) in the AARP Bulletin their column, The Law, has this question: “Does a retirement community violate federal laws by deciding…

Published on: November 28, 2006

By Laura Orr

…that claims based on existing laws include evidence that: 1) the owner has filed a complete land use application with a city or county;2) the city or county has made…

Published on: November 16, 2006

By Laura Orr

…about Oregon’s forfeiture laws (and the October 19th Supreme Court ruling upholding Measure 3) and the other is footnotes. Every lawyer has something to say, at great length, about footnotes,…

Published on: July 3, 2008

DWP: Cell Phones, Driving, and Oregon

By Laura Orr

…race, with both California and Washington now signing onto similar laws. For a more nuanced view of the issue, though not why Oregon is a holdout (and we all have…

Published on: November 15, 2006

By Laura Orr

…I was looking at the BOLI site and thought to remind you to look there too. There is an order form for the Wage and Hour Laws Handbook, information…

Published on: November 13, 2006

By Laura Orr

Dog Law: KATU has a story, here, about dog laws in Oregon, and about Clackamas County in particular….

Published on: October 31, 2006

By Laura Orr

…successful] attempt to make selling pot “the ‘king’ of drug crimes.” WW story here, WW issue here, state law here (look for 2005 Regular Session, SB 907 or Laws,…

Published on: October 4, 2006

By Laura Orr

My Summer Vacation and Intellectual Property Law: Is your 4th grade student essay on your summer vacation protected under intellectual property laws? The October 4, 2006, Library Link…

Published on: September 29, 2006

By Laura Orr

Oregon Law Commission and Maui: Hearings on Oregon’s government’s ethics laws Wednesday, Oct. 4, hearing from 2 to 5 p.m. in State Capitol Hearing Room B in Salem, or…