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Oregon Attorney Demands Inmates Receive Coronavirus Vaccinations

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A group of Oregon inmates who filed a class action against the state Department of Corrections in April are now demanding that they and their fellow detainees be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus.

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Tim Williams Named President of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association

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Tim Williams Named President of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association Tim Williams, managing partner and lead litigator at Dwyer Williams Cherkoss Attorneys, P.C. was elected president of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, effective August 14, 2020. was elected President of the Oregon. Read More.

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US Supreme Court allows challenge against No Fly List placement to proceed

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Fikre moved to Sudan from Oregon in 2009 to build his business and claimed the FBI placed him on the list after he refused to become a government informant. When he moved back to Oregon in 2015, the government removed him from the list a year later, arguing the removal rendered the lawsuit moot.

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Federal Judge Certifies Prisoners’ COVID-19 Class Action Against Oregon

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Attorneys from the ACLU believe this is the first time a federal judge has certified an inmate-led lawsuit for damages against a state corrections department.

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Lawsuit: “Wall of Moms” Protester Alleges Police Brutality, Sexual Assault at Portland Demonstration

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An attorney who participated in a “Wall of Moms” protest against overly-militarized federal agents has launched a lawsuit against the United States government, claiming she was subjected to excessive force and then arrested without cause. Lodged in federal court in Portland, Oregon, Kristiansen’s.

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Supreme Court rules No Fly List dispute can go forward

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Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a lawsuit filed by an Oregon man who was placed on the No Fly List can go forward even after the government has removed him from the list and pledged not to return him to it “based on the currently available information.”

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Starting a Paralegal Career Without a Paralegal Certificate

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She’s a litigation paralegal at Heygood, Orr & Pearson (no relation to me). She was a personal injury attorney and they were looking for a receptionist for their small law firm. And so I met with this attorney who then asked me to come in and interview to fill that position to be the receptionist and do clerical work.