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ACLU lawsuit challenges Oregon city police over surveillance

JURIST

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Oregon filed a lawsuit against the city of Medford, Oregon, on Tuesday, alleging that the city’s law enforcement authorities have been surveilling and illegally gathering information on the complainants for years.

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“Jury finds Madras man guilty of unlawful use of a gun in 2017 road rage encounter on U.S. 26”

HowAppealing

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this decision overturning the conviction, holding that federal prosecutors had improperly “assimilated into federal criminal law Oregon’s unlawful use of a weapon statute” to apply to a a road rage incident on a highway in the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in central Oregon.

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Controversial Federal Rioting Law Used to Charge Jan. 6 Defendant

The Crime Report

6 Capitol breach with violating a federal law that makes it a crime to transport a firearm or explosive for unlawful use in a riot, reports the Washington Post. Prosecutors in Oregon, and a few other states and the District of Columbia, applied the law as a lead charge in more than two dozen cases as then-Attorney General William P.

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United States: Oregon General Liability: A Primer - Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Mondaq

This alert will provide a "cheat sheet" for general liability laws and regulations in the State of Oregon. Issues addressed include statutes of limitations, assignment of fault and damages.

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Union fees, bar association dues, and the funding of political speech

SCOTUSBlog

Oregon State Bar , the justices are asked to review the use of mandatory attorney dues by the Oregon State Bar to fund political and ideological speech. The challengers are Oregon attorneys who say the state bar uses the mandatory dues to fund legislative advocacy and other speech on matters of public importance.

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Two Million Dollar Fine for Pirate Radio – Don’t Cross the Commission Again After You’ve Been Caught Once, Especially as More Enforcement Appears to be on the Way

Broadcast Law Blog

Using the enforcement tools – particularly the higher fines – authorized by the PIRATE Act passed by Congress in 2020, the FCC proposed a to impose a fine of $2,316,034 on one alleged operator of a pirate radio station in the New York City area, and a fine of $80,000 fine on another operator of a pirate station in Oregon.

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Twelve cases added to Supreme Court calendar

SCOTUSBlog

This year the long conference yielded 12 new grants, on topics ranging from controversial laws seeking to regulate social media companies ( covered in a separate story ) to property rights and bankruptcy fees. The cases granted on Friday will likely be argued in January or February 2024, with a decision to follow by summer. Supreme Court.