…practice for commercial organizations to include an arbitration clause in their contracts. The Oregon State Bar has a brief introductory statement about arbitration on their website; http://tinyurl.com/m68bd….
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Building Codes and Proposed Legislation
Today’s (1/7/07) Sunday Oregonian has a story on code revisions to state construction law. You may remember their stories back in June 2005 on new construction problems….
Are You Paying for “Free” Legal Forms?
…state already makes the correct forms available free of charge. It’s not unusual to find “cheap,” “low-cost,” and “free, if …” legal forms online that judges and public law librarians…
Tyler Goes to Court to Avenge a Videogame-Controller Wrong: A Judicial Civics Lesson Coloring-Book
Visit the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) Justice Case Files website to read this hilarious coloring-book story: Justice Case File 4: The Case of the Broken Controller is…
Online Superseded Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS)
The superseded ORSs are starting to reappear at the Legislature’s website: a) 1999-2011 ORS b) A backup source: Internet Archive resource (work in progress from the Oregon State Library):…
What is a “fee” in a (ORS 167.700) transaction for sexual conduct or contact? A Cigarette? A Kiss?
…to full opinion.] Note: Compiling an Oregon legislative history is a lengthy, complex research process and, unless you can get to the State Archives in person and read the bill…
February 14th: Happy Birthday Oregon!
Today is Oregon’s birthday and the Oregon Historical Society and Portland State University have teamed up to bring you the Oregon Encyclopedia as a gift. From the Oregon Blue…
Criminalizing the Mentally Ill Indigent in Oregon
…In the 1980s it was possible for a person to sign in voluntarily to Oregon State Hospital if his mental symptoms became unbearable. But then came a drop in voluntary…
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