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Oregon 2010 Law Library Values (OSB)

Posted on January 20, 2010
The Oregon State Bar (OSB) has posted the 2010 Law Library Values Schedule. The website includes values for previous years as well:?This schedule has been prepared by the Property Tax Division of the Department of Revenue, State of Oregon, in cooperation with the Oregon State Bar...

Slush Piles: Writers and the Law

Posted on January 20, 2010
Publisher slush piles have collapsed as much from too many lawyers (and people wanting to sue) as from the sheer volume of ?slush.?Here?s an interesting article from the Wall Street Journal:The Death of the Slush Pile: Even in the Web era, getting in the door is tougher than ever,Wall Street Journal, January 15, 2010, by Katherine Rosman:Excerpt: "...

Oregon Legislature: ?Special? Session or ?Supplemental? Session?

Posted on January 19, 2010
Just as people ask if the Oregon SLRs are the "Supplemental" Local Rules or the "Supplementary" Local Rules, they also ask about those "Special" vs. those "Supplemental" Sessions. Here's an article that may answer the question, in full or in part:A lot is riding on February session: Senate president says it will be prelude to annual sessions ballot measure, by Peter Wong, Statesman Journal, January 17, 2010:Excerpt: 'Oregon lawmakers gave a test drive to an annual session two years ago, but Senate President Peter Courtney said the February session will be the one on which voters decide whether such sessions are permanent...

Google Wave and Lawyers

Posted on January 18, 2010
If you saw and were intrigued by Robert Ambrogi?s article in the OSB Bulletin (January 2010):New and Gnarly: Will Lawyers Catch Google?s Wave?,you might want to look at iLibrarian?s post that links to Mac Life?s post 20 Real World Uses for Google Wave...

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Official vs. Unofficial Sources of Law (with a side of Positive Law)

Posted on January 17, 2010
It?s not easy to find a simple online explanation of the difference between Official and Unofficial sources of law. My explanation may fill in that gap - or not, depending on your specific question. (And a blog post this long can hardly be called "simple," but such is life -- and law...

You Say State, I say Federal; You say Justice, and I say Judiciary

Posted on January 17, 2010
(And just try saying judicial system without sounding inebriated, a point the wonderful comic Dana Carvey made more than a decade ago.)I was listening to an Oregon legislative hearing the other day and a legislator commented (quite rightly) on how confusing government is to many people (legislators and the rest of us)...

Home Schooling Law in Oregon

Posted on January 15, 2010
There are lots of online home schooling resources and I?m highlighting only these two, both of which have good links to Oregon home schooling laws:1) Oregon Department of Home Schooling?Home schooling is an alternative education option in Oregon. Parents who choose to home school their children must register at their local Education Service District (ESD)...

Favorite Book of the Year: ?The Healing of America,? by T.R. Reid

Posted on January 15, 2010
If you want an absorbing, fascinating, and fun book to read ? if you want to sound (and possibly be even more) intelligent and well-informed when discussing health care systems around the world, and you don?t want to slog through zillions of pages in boring tomes, I highly recommend that you read:T...

When does the 2010 Oregon Legislative Special Session Start?

Posted on January 15, 2010
The official start date for the 2010 Oregon Legislature?s Special Session will be posted on the Legislature?s webpage. The likely start date is Monday, February 1, 2010, but do check to make sure that isn?t changed.On a related note, and at the risk of making the demand for their excellent reference service greater than the supply of Legislative Liaisons, I need to put another word of praise in for our Oregon Legislative Liaisons, who can be contacted at 503-986-1000 (phone number at bottom of the Legislature?s homepage)...

Promises, Promises: Conan and Contracts

Posted on January 13, 2010
I read recently that "Conan's Lawyers Screwed Up, Forgot To Specify "Tonight Show" Time Slot," Henry Blodget, Jan. 11, 2010.A lot of people exclaim ?there ought to be a law,? but the reality is, in many instances, what people need is better contracts...

Titles that Have Entered the Public Domain in the U.S. (and beyond)

Posted on January 13, 2010
The January 13, 2010 Library Link of the Day featured this interesting story from the Center for the Study of the Public Domain:What Could Have Been Entering the Public Domain on January 1, 2010? Under the law that existed until 1978 . . . Works from 1953Excerpt: ??What might you be able to read or print online, quote as much as you want, or translate, republish or make a play or a movie from? How about Casino Royale, Ian Fleming?s first James Bond novel? Fleming published Casino Royale in 1953...

Pro Se Litigants Who Win: ?favorable facts, obsessive organization, and fearlessness?

Posted on January 12, 2010
I too have a successful pro se litigant (in my public law library) who had these: ?favorable facts, obsessive organization, and fearlessness.? As you?ll see from this Wall Street Journal article, it also takes a judge who is willing and able to see (and speak) when the emperor has no clothes...

Automobile Fraud and Unsafe Vehicles

Posted on January 11, 2010
This could be a Traffic Week post, but it?s a new week and time to move on. That said, it's hard to let go of the steering wheel:Automobile Fraud and Unsafe Vehicles: How the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System Can Help You Protect Yourself, January 6th, 2010, by Tracy Russo:Excerpt: ??[C]ar fraud can place unsuspecting consumers in unsafe vehicles?...

Traffic Week Miscellany: Human Transit, Jump Starts, and, of course, Cows

Posted on January 08, 2010
For my penultimate Traffic Week blog post, I give you these:1) Transit musings: Try this transportation blog: Human Transit2) Traffic law sometimes surprises: If you ever were in doubt about the truth of this statement, ?if you read only what is written in the statutes and the constitutions you will be absolutely wrong about what the law is,? let the following be a wake-up call:KCLL Klues posted this story December 9, 2009 (and more links to WA traffic stories):Traffic infraction case overturned by WA Supreme Court?Anyone who has ever tried to find appellate case law on traffic infractions will quickly realize that few traffic infraction cases are appealed to the Court of Appeals and even fewer to the Washington Supreme Court...

Traffic Week: Oregon Traffic Accident and Crash Data

Posted on January 08, 2010
Don?t let your kids grow up to be traffic statistics. Maybe you want them, instead, to grow up to be transportation analysts or transportation journalists!Some Oregon traffic statistical compilations:1) ODOT Crash Analysis and Reporting2) ODOT Crash Data3) Traffic accidents: Your responsibilities in an accident...

Traffic Week: How to Beat Your Oregon Traffic Ticket

Posted on January 08, 2010
Welcome to the end of Traffic Week at the OLR Blog. Traffic law posts will appear throughout the year, but this is the end of my Traffic Week experiment.Despite all efforts at smart driving, even the best amongst us will get a traffic ticket. I?m not sure I can do better than my Oregon Legal Research blog posts on Beat Your Ticket, Get Your Day in Court...

Discount Broadband for Portland/Salem Nonprofits

Posted on January 08, 2010
From TACS, an Oregon organization that supports nonprofits:?We want to remind you of the deadline for an offer that may benefit your nonprofit:Mobile Broadband offers Clear mobile and broadband internet service at a reduced price to nonprofits in their Portland and Salem coverage areas...

Traffic Week: Not-So-Smart Joggers and Pedestrians with Death Wishes

Posted on January 07, 2010
Pedestrians have to follow the law, too. The Oregon Pedestrian Rights [and responsibilities] website links to laws and other resources.I drove (very slowly) past a jogger the other day. It was a dark, gloomy, wet early - very early - morning. The not-so-smart jogger was in the street, jogging in the same direction as traffic, on a narrow 2-way street, dressed in black, WITH HEADPHONES ON...

ABA Releases Legal Guide for Elderly and Seriously Ill

Posted on January 07, 2010
The December 2009 Lane County (Oregon) Law Library Newsletter alerts us to a new American Bar Association (ABA) free, online publication:ABA Releases Legal Guide for Elderly and Seriously Ill (ABA News Release)

The (print) 2009 Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) Has Arrived

Posted on January 07, 2010
The print set of the 2009 Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) is arriving in libraries and law offices around the state, but it?s not yet online. Soon, soon.The ORS is chock full of goodies (notice I did not say goodness), including the full text of the Oregon Constitution.

Traffic Week: Public Transit in Oregon (Mostly Portland-Metro)

Posted on January 07, 2010
A few of the on and off-the-grid Portland-metro, Trimet, and traffic blogs for more than you might want to know about public transit in the Portland-metro area:1) Trimet official website2) History of Public Transit in Portland3) Hard Drive: A commuting blog4) Association of Oregon Rail and Transit Advocates (and their Transit Links)5) Portland Transport6) Transit Sleuth7) Trimetofficialinformation8) TrimetiquetteTraffic Week and Traffic Law OLR blog posts...

Oregon Legislature: February 2010 Special Session

Posted on January 07, 2010
Visit the Oregon Legislature?s 2010 Special Session Information website for updates on what will happen in February.There is also that January 2010 election ? and depending on the outcome, the Special Session agendas may change a lot or a little.Oregon Legislature homepage.

Traffic Week: Turn, Turn, Turn Signals

Posted on January 06, 2010
After reading yet another news story about someone who made an Unsignaled Lane Change and ended up in really deep trouble for other infractions (to put it mildly), I offer this public service notice.(Oh, and you can find out what that infraction will cost you at the OJD Base Fine Schedule website...

Traffic Week (Oregon): Hand Signals

Posted on January 06, 2010
No, not that hand signal, although, a Nov. 15th, 2009, Ask Marilyn column had a wonderful Q&A about those hand signals (aka ?motorist salute?), that is, she agreed with a reader that a SORRY! hand signal was desperately needed.(And this post is not about Turn Signals, which I talked about in another Traffic Week blog post...

Traffic Week: Mercy in the Court: Oregon DMV and the ?False Identity?

Posted on January 05, 2010
Even if Calvin sometimes bemoans that fact that life is never unfair in his favor, sometimes things do turn out the way they are supposed to, or at least the way we want them to:Debra Denise Slaight V. DMV, Oregon Court of Appeals (A133609)(For a summary of the case, see the 12/30/09 OJD Media Release)?? ARMSTRONG, J...

Traffic Week (Oregon): Creative (and Green) Modes of Transportation

Posted on January 04, 2010
I?ve always found a lot of mainstream transportation types fairly limited on the imagination front. Transportation types speak about bikes, cars, buses, and feet, with a few drive-by motorcycles, scooters, wheelchairs, and golf carts.How someone riding a horse (or even Thor?s wheel) was able to make the leap, so to speak, to the automobile will always amaze me...

Traffic Week: Turn, Turn, Turn: About Round Abouts, Roundabouts, Round-Abouts

Posted on January 04, 2010
Most people (at least those who never had to pass a driver test in the U.K.) don?t know how to navigate Roundabouts, but they can learn. DMV can?t teach everyone, but they and you can at least try to teach yourself and your fellow Oregonians some basic rules...

Traffic Week (Oregon): MOVE OVER! (law)

Posted on January 04, 2010
The Oregon State Police website has lots of information on the new ?Move Over Law? (2009 ORS 811.147) (effective 1/1/10) including a flyer on the new law and on updates to the new law.?Move over or it?ll cost you.The Move Over Law (ORS 811.147) states that if you are driving up behind any type of police car or emergency vehicle pulled over on the roadside with emergency lights flashing, you must:1) MOVE OVER into another lane...

Traffic Week (Oregon): Do I Have to Tell My Parents About My Traffic Accident?

Posted on January 04, 2010
Before getting to the Traffic Law Question of the Day, ?If I get a ticket (or get in an accident), do I have to tell my parents/guardian??, here are some:Words of Wisdom to Parents of New Drivers: If you can in any way afford it, hire a professional to teach your teenager (or any loved one just learning) to drive...

Traffic Week: Oregon Cell Phone (and Texting) Law

Posted on January 01, 2010
It?s only right to start off the New Year with the new Oregon "cell-phone" law, which you have probably heard about (unless you've been on the phone too much - remember Groucho Marx and his cigar - so get off that phone once in a while and pay attention to the world!)...

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