The Crime Report

JANUARY 13, 2022

South-western Oregon, which encompasses Josephine, Jackson and Douglas counties, has experienced a rapid proliferation of unlicensed pot farms, unprecedented in terms of size and allegedly controlled by crime syndicates from eastern Europe, China and Mexico, reports The Guardian.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The farms, or cheaply built greenhouses known as “hoop houses,” are primarily in Oregon’s southern Josephine and Jackson counties where growers claim to be legal hemp farmers while cultivating plants with illegal amounts of THC and generating billions of dollars in profits for their foreign criminal gang and drug cartel financiers.

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The Crime Report

MAY 17, 2021

In a first of its kind case, residents of Columbia County in Oregon voted to forbid local officials from enforcing federal and state gun laws, including background check requirements and gun restrictions, reports the Associated Press. The measure is important in determining whether counties can decide to not enforce state and federal laws.

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Dwyer,Williams&Cherkoss

APRIL 4, 2024

Oregon Car Accident Attorney FAQNo matter where it happens in Oregon - Portland, Medford, Eugene, Bend, or elsewhere - being involved in a car accident because of somebody else is a reasonably frustrating event! And one that is full of complicated insurance and legal rules, many of which are on a short timeline. Read More

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LegalReader

JANUARY 24, 2022

Employees with specific relations to legal processes will need to have more specific policies and regulations in place.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 5, 2022

Attorney at Work’s new “You at Work Spotlight” series focuses on the crucial role business professionals play in law firms of all sizes — including newly emerging career options in the legal industry. In our first interview, we focus on the role of the chief operating officer and the demands the pandemic has placed on legal operations.

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JURIST

JANUARY 1, 2023

New York has become the sixth state in the US to legalize this green method of burial. Washington became the first state to legalize human composting in 2019, followed by Colorado and Oregon in 2021, and Vermont and California in 2022. The body disintegrates into natural elements in about a month.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 11, 2021

As more states legalize pot, police departments across the country are finding it difficult to justify maintaining expensive K9 units that use specially-trained dogs to sniff out drugs, reports 1010WCSI.com. New York and New Jersey legalized recreational marijuana earlier this year, joining California, Colorado, Maine, Oregon and more.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 13, 2022

There is an interesting lawsuit filed against the University of Oregon after Portland State University Professor Bruce Gilley was blocked from a social media account. Gilley responded with a posting that “all men are created equal,” tagging both the University of Oregon and its Equity and Inclusion Twitter accounts.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

For all the money being poured into legal technology development these days, woefully little gets spent on technology designed to enhance access to justice for low-income Americans. Here is the complete list of 2021 TIG grants: Alaska . California.

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ABA Journal

MAY 11, 2022

The public defender system in Oregon is so overburdened that several hundred defendants don’t have legal representation at any given time. Some judges have dismissed…

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The letter was led by Senators Patty Murray (D-Washington), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin), Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Ron Wyden (D-Oregon). Several senators wrote a letter to the Biden Administration asking for action that ensures coverage of over-the-counter birth control without the need for a prescription.

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JURIST

MARCH 21, 2024

” The critics also argue that the law may exacerbate the situation for the more than 30,000 homeless individuals living in Florida by potentially infringing upon their rights and burdening municipalities with the cost of legal challenges. .” In January, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear a case, City of Grants Pass, Oregon v.

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JURIST

MARCH 20, 2024

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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Above The Law

APRIL 23, 2023

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Chair Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) introduced a bipartisan framework that lays out the key challenges federal prescription drug programs are dealing with, as well as potential solutions.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 21, 2022

In Oregon, the problem is so acute that civil rights advocates filed a lawsuit demanding that the state either fulfill its legal obligation to provide counsel to all defendants who request a public defender, or dismiss the cases if it cannot provide lawyers.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

While we once might have thought these issues were temporary, many legal professionals continue to operate virtually, and even when we are fully free of the pandemic, many of us are likely to continue to practice virtually, at least part of the time. Legal Ethics During the COVID-19 Pandemic , Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 21, 2023

Green Treats sues La Mota for failing to pay for nearly $400k in cannabis products.

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JURIST

JUNE 23, 2022

Bayer’s appeal attempted to dismiss all legal claims from customers that contracted cancer from using Bayer’s weed killer Roundup, which contains glyphosate. Last Saturday, an Oregon jury found that Roundup herbicide did not cause a plaintiff’s cancer.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Law360 ] * Oregon Supreme Court voting on whether to become the first state in the modern era to offer a full apprenticeship path to the bar. ABA Journal ] * CiteRight and Jurisage to merge as Canadian legal tech providers eye expansion. Bloomberg Law News ] * An interview with super agent Leigh Steinberg. [

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

What’s more, legal experts say that these shortages have been the operational norm for years across our country as a whole, Law360 reports. . ” New Mexico and Oregon. . ” New Mexico and Oregon. hours per workday, and lawyers in Oregon would need to put in 26.6 We didn’t get to this problem overnight.

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Above The Law

MAY 13, 2022

Oregon Live ]. Sports betting was legalized in Kansas. * I know that Nietzsche had some thoughts on the utility of truth and lies , but actively fighting history is just silly. [ NBC News ]. * No, Patrick, you cannot puff, puff, drive. Finally, something to do for fun besides eat barbecue. Kansas Reflector ].

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

For all the money being poured into legal technology development these days, woefully little gets spent on technology designed to enhance access to justice for low-income Americans. Here is the complete list of 2021 TIG grants: Alaska . California.

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LegalReader

MAY 2, 2022

Portland proposes settlement terms in Schnitzer case.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Meanwhile, in Oregon, “yes” was leading its anti-slavery ballot initiative, but the vote remained too early to call as of Wednesday morning.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Nationally, slavery is still legal in the United States for people in prison. Photo by Ron Levine/Prisoners of Age. That’s due to the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery but left an exception in place for the slavery of people convicted of crimes.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

* Honesty is the best legal policy: Colorado is on the cusp of no longer allowing police officers to lie to children during interrogations. Oregon Live ]. * Not this time, Times! Sarah Palin wants a redo after losing her defamation case against the New York Times. Tough crowd, eh?

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

FOX News ] * If not knowing enough about the Rittenhouse and Arbery trial outcomes made your uncle question if your JD was really better than his "research" (read: Google searches), it might be a good time to review some legal concepts. Maybe this is a sign they should leave it to the professionals. [ Let's start with felony murder. [

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JURIST

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Earlier this year, Senator Dianne Feinstein sponsored the West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2021 , which would prohibit the Department of the Interior from issuing new leases for oil and gas drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, or Washington.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

“His experience, along with the Rocket Lawyer natively digital legal services platform will rapidly scale the availability, responsiveness and affordability of qualified legal practitioners everywhere,” the company said in announcing the hire. . We are excited to have him join our team.”

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

An Oregon federal judge said the city of Portland's proposed amicus briefs fail to address the legal issues in the COVID-19 coverage disputes between three restaurants and Cincinnati Insurance Co.

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LawSites

JULY 19, 2023

Over the years, the list has included a diverse selection of lawyers, legal technologists, policymakers, judges, law librarians, bar association executives, and people from all walks of life who are innovating in the legal profession. (I This year’s list of honorees reflects a year of transformation for legal services.

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2010

The nuts and bolts of legal issues for broadcasters were highlighted in two sessions in which I participated at last week's joint convention of the Oregon and Washington State Broadcasters Associations , held in Stephenson, Washington, on the Columbia River that divides the two states.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The key legal issue in Mississippi v. Oregon in using equitable apportionment law to decide a dispute among Idaho, Oregon, and Washington over salmon in the Columbia River/Snake River system. Tennessee , therefore, is whether the equitable apportionment doctrine (automatically) applies to groundwater resources.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 1, 2021

While nearly 50 percent of compassionate release motions decided by the federal court in Massachusetts and more than 60 percent decided by the court in Oregon were approved during the same time period, in the Eastern District of Kentucky judges only granted about 6 percent of compassionate release motions in 2020 and the first half of 2021.

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

link] The Kentucky Court of Justice has multiple services to help the self-represented linked to their Legal Self-Help page at: [link] The page includes multiple tutorials on subjects such as eviction relief, small claims, protective orders, and an online glossary of legal terms.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 20, 2022

He also observes, as did two dissenting justices, that the Supreme Court of Oregon (the only state besides Louisiana that authorized non-unanimous convictions prior to Ramos ) has ruled since Ramos that the decision does not prohibit non-unanimous acquittals. In Ramos v. Circuits conflict with that of the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

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