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Read the Whole Screen: You’re Never too “Experienced” for More Training
…for the 100th time, it’s really important to READ THE WHOLE SCREEN. I’m so guilty of this myself. A favorite Multnomah County Library Assistant was telling me about…
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2011 Federal and State Laws Protect Public Benefits from Garnishment
I’ll be writing a longer blog post on Garnishment soon, but in the meantime: The Lane County Legal Services Programs website has posted this information: “New laws protect…
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How to Find Out if Someone Has Been Sued, Convicted, or is on a Sex Offender List?
…incorporated and in other states where it does business. To check if any lawsuits have been filed in Oregon, you can visit any county circuit courthouse and ask for…
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How to Find a Case Online
…If you don’t have access to a bound reporter, here is a quick overview of a few of your options for locating cases online. Paid legal databases: Your county…
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Oregon Legislative History: Exhibits and Minutes
…gotten calls from former legislators who need help compiling one. But don’t despair. Your county law libraries are happy to show them and you how to do this research!…
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Fear of the Internet, Loss of Privacy, and Risky Behavior
…their data at a bare minimum of 4x a year so even if you delete your info or “hide” it, the information will likely pop up again in a few…
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How City Councils Work: Tenure, Staff, Budgets, Salaries
We all like to compare ourselves to others, don’t we? City Councils in Philadelphia and Other Major Cities, Feb 02, 2011, Pew Charitable Trusts report (Thank you to…
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Justice Bedsworth Tells the Wondrous Tale of Jon Alexander, Lawyer and Fighter
…Orange County Lawyer brings us: Getting Up, by Justice William W. Bedsworth Excerpt: “The middleweight champion of the world from 1907–1910 was a fella named Stanley Ketchel. They called him…
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Lexis and Westlaw Search Syntax Comparison and Cheat Sheet
While playing around with our newly installed OSB BarBooks database and came across this mysterious Boolean search: variable: 4 and weights:7 While waiting for the answer to reveal itself,…