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Business Tax on Bloggers? In Philadelphia, Yes, and Others?

Posted on August 23, 2010
This story from the Law Librarian Blog caught my eye, ?Short Takes on the News?:Excerpt: ??If someone lives in Philadelphia and blogs, and collects even a tiny amount of income from that activity, then that person could expect a tax bill from the city for $300...

?I Write Like? Website is Horrifyingly Addictive and Very Funny: A Powerful Combo

Posted on August 23, 2010
The website, I Write Like, is wonderful, funny, and inventive (and I?m not inquiring into their algorithms, etc. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow, even if they all lead to Corey Doctorow). Give it a spin.For many of my sample paragraphs I feed to it, I?m also told (as a couple of the 3 Geeks folks were) that ?I write like? Cory Doctorow (including this blog post!) with a few paragraphs coming up "like" David Foster Wallace...

CC&R, C.C.& R., C. C. & R.: Abbreviations and the Digital World

Posted on August 23, 2010
That little old ?space key? or its absence can matter, a lot.Abbreviations can drive one crazy, especially when searching online, either on the free web or in subscription databases. Those of us in the digital searching world know that searching for something by its abbreviation is an exercise in frustration...

Jargon-auts, Wordsters, Acronyms, Abbreviations: Law Firm to the Rescue

Posted on August 21, 2010
If you haven?t yet discovered how much excellent information can be buried inside law firm websites, here is another example: Latham and Watkins Books of Jargon, including ?book? on corporate and banking finance jargon.See previous OLR blog on Law Firm Websites and Blogs...

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Oregonian Archives at the Multnomah County Library

Posted on August 19, 2010
Multnomah County Library now has Oregonian Archives:"PORTLAND, OR ? Multnomah County Library now features the only publicly available, complete full-text digitized archive of The Oregonian newspaper. Multnomah County Library cardholders can now access every article, editorial, illustration, photograph and advertisement published in The Oregonian between 1861 and 1972...

Can Someone Use My Picture Without My Permission?

Posted on August 19, 2010
Can Someone Use My Picture Without My Permission?Public law librarians hear this question quite frequently and while we don?t really want to make our responses more complicated than is necessary, sometimes questions like these can be about as difficult to answer as you can imagine, especially in the abstract (such as on a blog rather than with a live person in the law library or on the telephone)...

Oregon Citizens? Initiative Review Panel

Posted on August 17, 2010
So, what IS the Oregon Citizens? Initiative Review Panel?Read about it at these sites and search the web for news stories and more:1) Health Democracy Oregon (Facebook page and national site, Healthy Democracy)2) Ballotpedia: Oregon citizens panel prepares to review ballot measures for November election, August 10, 20103) Participedia: Oregon Citizens? Initiative Review Panel4) Oregon Catalyst: from Oregon Anti-Crime Alliance: Citizen Initiative Review Fatally Flawed5) Oregonlive: Citizen review panel releases findings; most oppose measure to increase mandatory minimum prison sentences, Kimberly Melton, The Oregonian, August 13, 20106) Blue Oregon, August 9, 2010: More About Citizens' Initiative Review

?Urban Copyright Legends?: A Copyright Fact Check

Posted on August 16, 2010
I saw this link at Library Law: Urban Copyright Legends, to the article?Urban Copyright Legends,? by Brandon Butler, Director of Public Policy Initiatives, ARL.You can make the direct link to the full issue of ?Research Library Issues? or to a PDF of the article itself...

Oregon LUBA Opinion: Barnes v. Hillsboro & Port of Portland

Posted on August 16, 2010
If you?ve been following the news stories about this case, you might want to read the full LUBA opinion:MICHELLE BARNES, Petitioner, vs. CITY OF HILLSBORO, Respondent, and THE PORT OF PORTLAND, Intervenors-Respondent:2010-011 Barnes v. City of Hillsboro (or link to Order from the LUBA homepage)Excerpt: "NATURE OF THE DECISION: Petitioner appeals a city ordinance that amends the city zoning map to apply the city?s Airport Use (AU) zone to the Hillsboro Airport and the city?s Airport Safety and Compatibility Overlay (ASCO) zone to surrounding properties...

Affordable Lawyers: What Did Your County Law Library Do For You Today?

Posted on August 16, 2010
Question: Who uses the Oregon county law libraries and for what purposes?Answer: Thousands of people use the Oregon county law libraries, because no other place has the specialized legal research resources, including databases, books, and law librarians trained and experienced in legal research techniques and resources...

Oregon Ballot Measures, November 2010 Election

Posted on August 15, 2010
Read full, and official, text of measures at Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division (and the Initiative, Referendum and Referral search form).Measure 70: home ownership loans for Oregon veteransMeasure 71: changes biennial legislature to annual sessionsMeasure 72: exceptions to borrowing limit for the state?s real and personal property projectsMeasure 73: minimum sentences for certain sex crimes and DUIIMeasure 74: medical marijuana supply system and allows selling of marijuana...

Solitary Confinement Report (from LLRX)

Posted on August 13, 2010
Research guide on Solitary Confinement, by Ken Strutin, August 10, 2010:Excerpt from introduction: ?Solitary confinement is the most extreme penalty in the hierarchy of incarcerative punishment. 1 Depending on the institution, length of detention and purpose, this "prison within prison" 2 has been described in many ways: administrative segregation, communications management unit, 3 control unit, disciplinary housing unit, the hole, intensive management unit, lockdown, punitive isolation, segregation, SHU (special housing unit, special handling unit, segregated housing unit, security housing unit), and Supermax (Super-Maximum Security Confinement)...

Legal Divas and Other Bloggers

Posted on August 12, 2010
If you thought blogs were dead, think again. They are evolving!Robert Ambrogi, at his Law Sites, posts about some new and noteworthy blogs, including Legal Divas.You can then flit over to these 15 Excellent Corporate Blogs To Learn From (from iLibrarian)...

Obsolete Skills: Loading a Musket, Floppy Formatting, and Extracting Square Roots

Posted on August 12, 2010
Those of you who, as I do, remember booting up from and formatting a floppy disk and slide rules, might enjoy this website: Obsolete Skills(The loading a musket entry could use some input.)Obsolete Skills(Thanks to Library Link of the Day for the 7/28/10 tip!)

Oregon Followers of Christ: a brief research guide

Posted on August 11, 2010
If you have been reading about the arrests and trials of members of the Oregon Followers of Christ, you might be curious about the religion and about faith-healing generally.There is some, though not a lot, of information available online, in the "mainstream web" (also known as the "I looked it up on the Internet" search method)...

Oregon Equine Law (Horses, horses, horses)

Posted on August 11, 2010
A lot of us don?t think of Oregon as horse-country, but it is! Notwithstanding the fantasies (though, not mine - I'm more a chill out on the deck with a tall drink sort of person) of riding barebacked on the Oregon coast (still the People?s Coast from North to South), there is plenty of legal work for horse lawyers, aka equine lawyers...

?To Suffer the Death Penalty?: A Journalist Reflects on Witnessing a Hanging

Posted on August 09, 2010
Flynn's Harp: Capital punishment, hanging reflections (7-28-10)Excerpt: "? Only men have been executed in Washington and of the 14 who have gone to their deaths since 1949, 13 were Caucasian and one was Hispanic. Two of the last four men to suffer the death penalty chose hanging, the last being Charles Campbell in 1995...

CiteGenie, Smart Phone Comparisons, and Wisconsin Law Librarians

Posted on August 06, 2010
I love the Wisconsin State Law Library Newsletter and always learn something new when I read it. This month, August 2010, in addition to other useful legal research tools (e.g. CiteGenie), they had links to two handy-dandy published reviews / comparisons of Smart Phones...

Your New Health Care Act

Posted on August 06, 2010
It?s not too early to start reading up on how the new health care law will affect you.1) Healthcare dot gov is a good place to start.2) If you want to read the act, visit the Gallaher blog post for some quick links: Read the Big Health Care Act. It includes a full cite to the act itself:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub...

Report: Death of James Chasse, Jr., Portland (Oregon) Police Investigation

Posted on August 04, 2010
The July 2010 report can be found at the Portland (Oregon) City Auditor?s Office:Report to the City of Portland Concerning the In-Custody Death of James Chasse, Prepared by Michael Gennaco, Robert Miller & Julie Ruhlin, OIR Group, 323-890-5425, July 2010If that link doesn?t work (or this one) and if you have trouble finding the report on the website, please contact the Office of the Ombudsman, 1221 SW 4th Ave, Rm...

"GPO Access" Becomes FDsys: Government Publication Website Gets Makover and New (confusing) Name

Posted on August 04, 2010
The Government Printing Office?s GPO Access is becoming FDsys, and includes access to the Code of Federal Regulations (FR), the Federal Register (FR), the Congressional Record (CR), U.S. Statutes at Large (Stat), and the U.S. Code (USC).See the full list at the FDsys homepage...

Responses to "Oregon Legal Research Blog" Reader Legal Questions

Posted on August 04, 2010
We are not able to answer reader?s specific legal questions, although we do try to respond when the answer has legal research value to other readers.Suggestions:1) You can look for updates to specific posts, by clicking on the subject Label at the end of the post...

Oregon Attorney Wins Metaphor of the Week Prize: Bowels of Law Enforcement

Posted on August 04, 2010
No, there isn't really an Oregon Metaphor of the Week Prize, but maybe there should be!(Wikipedia describes metaphor. For the record, my latest, favorite uber-metaphorist is Harry Markopolos.)Willamette Week (homepage), cover story, July 28, 2010: Oregon?s Scariest Cops:Excerpt: '...

Oregon Public Libraries: Directories and Links

Posted on August 04, 2010
There are a number of online Oregon public library directories:1) Public Libraries dot com2) Oregon State Library Directory3) Oregon Library Websites (OSL)4) You can also do an online search for your own local library using these keywords: [your city/county] oregon public library...

Washington County (Oregon) Circuit Court: Family Law Self-Help Resources

Posted on August 03, 2010
Note: Website addresses change (such is life):1) The current Oregon Judicial Department website portal may change.2) The OJD Family Law website may also change from this to something else. If these links don?t work, use a search engine and search for:a) Oregon judicial department orb) Washington county oregon circuit court family lawOnward:I...

Justice Bedsworth Stands up to Obfuscation and Hubris

Posted on August 03, 2010
Justice Bedsworth in August 2010 Criminal Waste of Space column in the OC Lawyer Magazine, wondering what it all means, gives a small cry in the wilderness of misused, mispronounced, and made up words. Humpty-Dumpty would have been proud.**Excerpt: '...

More on ?What?s a Valid Signature? on an Oregon Initiative Petition

Posted on July 30, 2010
In my previous post, What is a ?Valid Signature? on an Oregon Initiative Petition?, I linked to a document titled, APPENDIX 1 (165-014-0030): Sampling to validate state petitions. It?s a doozy of a document so you might want to take a look at it.It?s not as painful or as long as the Wikileaks documents, but still, you might want to make some coffee and take a comfortable seat before proceeding...

Group Purchasing for Small Law Firms (with a side of dark humor)

Posted on July 29, 2010
Solo and small law firm practitioners, like small libraries, have a tough time achieving certain purchasing economies of scale. Bar associations offer some group discounts, but not always for what solo and small law firm practitioners need. Sometimes you need the strength, and heft, of bulk-buying behind you:Bob Ambrogi?s (hompage) LawSites had a post on a couple of group purchasing options for law firms...

Awesome Bus Stops around the World

Posted on July 29, 2010
As a public transit rider (3+ hours/day, yet ? yeesh), I loved these, so forgive the digression from legal research topics, though I do write a fair number of traffic law posts.Awesome Bus Stops Around the WorldThank you to The Mighell Marker: A Legal Technology Weekly, for the excellent tip! To subscribe, just visit Inter-Alia and sign up -- it's free!

Zimmerman?s Legal Research Guide

Posted on July 29, 2010
If you haven?t heard or used Zimmerman?s Legal Research guide, give it a whirl. You might find you use it again and again.Andy Zimmerman has now created a handy-dandy ZRG blog, which is an excellent way to keep atop his updates to the ZRG.Recent updates include these, but you can find them all, including an RSS feed, from the ZRG blog homepage:1) Researching Nonprofit Corporation Laws, July 22, 20102) Circulation Information for Newspapers and Magazines, July 20, 2010

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