…implications, given that the three separate opinions issued by the Court all claimed to employ a textualist interpretive approach—while reaching different outcomes….” [Link to full blog post and article.]…
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Oregon Lawyer Ethics: Using Social Media for Investigation
…Bar Board of Governors approved OSB Formal Opinion No. 2013-189. Following in the footsteps of opinions about metadata (187) and cloud computing (188), the bar seeks to address the ethical…
Can we reduce our dependence on foreign legal publishers?
…access to their state court judges’ opinions, read this article. You will see that some people do, and you will see what it took to make it possible (not all…
Hawaii is the 5th State to Enact UELMA, and 1st to include Judicial Documents
…for other states looking to include court opinions and other Judicial materials. UELMA is on the Oregon Legislature’s radar this 2013 regular session. Read more about UELMA in Oregon….
Always Use the Serial (aka Oxford or Harvard) Comma in Legal Documents
…including contracts, legal opinions, statutes, regulations, and any other legal agreement or law that will be interpreted literally (and I mean literally, literally) by parties to the agreement or by…
Oregon UELMA (Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act): 2013 HB 2944 and Authenticity
…UELMA law. (Oregon’s 2013 HB 2944 does not include judicial documents, e.g. court opinions.) 6) Read more about UELMA: AALL UELMA website. 7) Read about the Uniform Law Commission….
Don’t Throw Out that “Old” Oregon Law Book! (Motor Vehicle, Criminal Law, and Probate Law Revisions)
…cited in court opinions. (There is a reason that the U.S. Supreme Court has a thriving law library, with, at last count, 28 employees.) Legislative history, Law revision, Superseded statutes…
Free and Low-Cost Legal Research G2G (Guides to Guides) (July 2013 Update)
…Legal Research Services on the Web 4) Oregon Legal Research Blog posts: a) How to Find a Case Online Using Free Resources b) More Free Searchable Federal Court Opinions…
Official (and unofficial) Oregon Legal Citation Style Manuals
…and statutes floating about, it’s sometimes hard to know how to cite to “advance sheets,” “slip opinions,” etc. I have 2 Guidelines for citing those: a) Check to see if…
Is there an Official Online Version of “Oregon Tax Reports”?
…the Tax Court’s online edition of its opinions. The 2013 State Legislature passed the Uniform Electronic Legal Information Act (UELMA), which leads one to believe that there might (one day)…
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