Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: April 28, 2008

Portland (Oregon) Bike Boxes and the Law

By Laura Orr

If you drive in Portland, you need to know about the Bike Boxes and the Law: From the Portland Online website: “The bike box is an intersection safety design…

Published on: October 12, 2009

Forthcoming: New Legal Research Database: Bloomberg Law

By Laura Orr

Bloomberg Law is set, later this month, to roll out its legal research database to compete, so we hear, with Lexis and Westlaw. Blog reports on the rollout include…

Published on: January 20, 2006

By Laura Orr

Bankruptcy and Family Law: If you get a request for a recent (2005) Oregon bankruptcy case with family law issues, it is possibly this one: “Judge Perris recently issued…

Published on: April 19, 2007

Another Supposedly Fun Thing to do with a Law Degree

By Laura Orr

…for their law-connections. Sustainable Kink: A local couple explores the last eco frontier: sex toys “Last October, Alliyah Mirza and Jonas Sapienza started Earth Erotics, an online retailer of eco-friendly…

Published on: January 28, 2011

Oregon Law and Laws Online: Ha Ha Ha

By Laura Orr

But the Oregon Legislature DOES NOT keep previous ORS editions online, even though they could – easily. Ha ha ha. Maybe they don’t know that lawyers and…

Published on: November 26, 2010

Copyright Law and Mark Twain’s Autobiography

By Laura Orr

at the Mark Twain Project Online….” (Link to full website.) Read on …: Copyright Law and Mark Twain’s Autobiography (from LibraryLaw): Excerpt: “… I told the story of Mark…

Published on: January 6, 2011

Superheroes and the law

By Holly

Law and the Multiverse: Superheroes, supervillains, and the law is a fun, new blog dealing with theoretical legal issues in relation to superheroes and comic books. The authors,…

Published on: April 21, 2010

Oregon Court Captions: New Law

By Laura Orr

For those who missed this: The Oregon Law Practice Management website post about the new rules on captions: Comply with Court Captions or Risk Rejection : Excerpt: “Oregon courts…

Published on: December 10, 2006

1,500+ Law Librarians in Portland!

By Laura Orr

Don’t say I didn’t warn you – in July 2008, more than 1,500 law librarians (and families) will be arriving in Portland for the annual conference of the American…

Published on: May 30, 2008

Creativity and the Law

By Laura Orr

…The 100 Most Creative Moments in American Law, posted May 23rd, 2008 2) Ernie the Attorney: Know Your Brain, posted 5/29/08 3) Laura the Law Librarian: here (see Delgado article)…