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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LawSites

JANUARY 29, 2025

Paxton, an artificial intelligence platform serving the legal industry, has raised $22 million in Series A funding, bringing its total funding to $28 million, it said today. The Oregon-based company offers AI-powered legal assistant tools for legal research, document […]

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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

MAY 17, 2022

Criminal defendants in Oregon who have gone without legal representation for long periods of time amid a critical shortage of public defense attorneys have filed a lawsuit that alleges the state violated their constitutional right to legal counsel and a speedy trial, reports the Associated Press.

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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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JURIST

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Currently, if prisoners refuse to work, it is legal for prisons to impose disciplinary measures. Supporters of the measure argue that the legality of forced labor is a continuation of the US legacy of slavery. The ballot measure was rejected by a margin of 53.8 percent to 46.2 percent during the general election on November 5th.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

“Courts Strike Down Gun Control Measures in Two States; The rulings in Maryland and Oregon come amid a shifting legal landscape in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that has imposed new limits on gun regulation”: David W. Chen of The New York Times has this report. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 30, 2021

If you find yourself in the latter category, take heart from your unmet colleagues in my state, Oregon. Blackford (@SheilaBlackford) has been a Practice Management Attorney for the Oregon State Bar Professional Liability Fund since 2005. Brett is a past ABA TECHSHOW Planning Board Chair and a popular speaker on legal technology. .

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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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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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Law 360

APRIL 25, 2025

Meanwhile,regulators who oversee data privacy enforcement in California, Colorado and Oregon are pushing for companies to be more responsive and open to investigative inquiries. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Above The Law

MARCH 26, 2025

We will not stay silent in the face of efforts to remake the legal profession into something that rewards those who agree with the government and punishes those who do not. We cannot accept government actions that seek to twist the scales of justice in this manner. We reject efforts to undermine the courts and the profession.

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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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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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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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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

As I survey the legal profession broadly, and the world of legal tech and innovation specifically, I see uncertainty and inertia. It is as if we are serving time in a legal tech limbo. After all, it was a good year for the legal tech industry. Overall, the legal tech industry saw unprecedented growth.

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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 24, 2022

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

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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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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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JURIST

JUNE 29, 2024

In City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. This decision removes the legal ambiguities that have tied the hands of local officials for years and limited their ability to deliver on common-sense measures to protect the safety and well-being of our communities.

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JURIST

APRIL 22, 2024

Johnson , originated in southern Oregon. The legal complaint dates back to 2018, when the plaintiff argued that certain individuals sleeping outside in Grants Pass face citations and fines when no shelters are available, leaving them with no options to rest. The case, Grants Pass v. This is not unusual in any way.

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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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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Reasonableness of a Fee When Are Legal Fees Earned? They provide the client with some certainty about the cost of legal services and lawyers with more financial stability and consistency in taking on client matters. The demand for reasonableness of the legal services fee remains regardless of the method of collection.

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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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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

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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The Fashion Law

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Anderson vests and Louis Vuitton bags – that have found a home on the runway and on brands’ e-commerce sites, and you will see that these prints are currently at the center of a number of noteworthy legal battles, in which brands are claiming rights in certain versions of the ubiquitous pattern for use in connection with certain goods/services. .

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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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Above The Law

MARCH 7, 2022

* White House condemns Russia's legal campaign against fake news. Oregon wants to prevent home buyers from getting a little too personal with their please-sell-us-the-house "love letters." [ USA Today ]. Nevertheless, they persisted: More Texans than expected were able to get healthcare access despite SB8's limitations. [ SFGate ].

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Many are already doing so by adopting legal and policy tools to encourage the use of smart surfacesa group of technologies and design strategies that mitigate the effects of climate change in urban environments, especially extreme heat, stormwater flooding, and poor air quality. As of today, data in the tracker is drawn from the nine U.S.

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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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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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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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Dwyer,Williams&Cherkoss

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

However, something you should keep in mind is whether or not you have the right to bring a legal claim against the person or. What are Punitive Damages in the State of OregonIf you have become injured in an accident, it goes without saying that taking care of your health should be your top priority. Read More

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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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