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Home Foreclosure Resources & The Foreclosure Survival Guide by Steve Elias – New Nolo.com Book Updated: by

Hi Friends, As most of us know, Nolo.com is the best Website for consumer and small business USA legal information. Nolo's lawyers-writers-editors are the best. Nolo.com covers everything from starting a business, employment, real estate, intellectual property, immigration, family law, tax, estate planning, bankruptcy, credit law and foreclosures. Well... as…

Building Codes, State Codes & Regulations from Carl Malamud & Public.Resource.org Updated: by

Hi Friends, As many of you know (at least those in the Open Government & Law Groups), Free Public Information Hero Carl Malamud and Public.Resource.org have been working to get state codes, building codes, electrical codes and other state and city codes online for free… sort of a virtual city…

Oregon decides not to enforce any copyright claims on the Oregon Revised Statutes Updated: by

Hi Friends, Oregon’s Legislative Counsel Committee had a meeting this morning to discuss the copyright claim on the Oregon Revised Statutes. After taking legal counsel from Dexter Johnson, talking with Karl Olson, Carl Malamud, three Oregon citizens and myself, they unanimously voted to not to enforce any copyright claims on…

Internet Archive v. Mukasey: National Security Letter Case Unsealed Updated: by

Last November, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) served a national security letter (NSL) on the Internet Archive, seeking records pertaining to a patron of the Internet Archive. Specifically, the FBI requested that person’s name, address, length of service, and electronic communication transactional records from the Internet Archive. This

Cease, Desist & Resist – Oregon’s Copyright Claim on the Oregon Revised Statutes Updated: by

Hi Friends, Last week, the State of Oregon Legislative Counsel Committee sent Justia a notice of copyright infringement and demand to cease and desist. In its letter, Dexter Johnson, the Legislative Counsel, asked us to remove a copy of the Oregon Revised Statutes stored on our servers (or pay a…

US Legislative Histories Sold to Thomson-West by the GAO??? Updated: by

Hi Friends, As public domain information hero Carl Malamud is working on getting case law online and into the public domain (we have helped a bit :). Carl, donors, and the Public.Resource.org team have done a lot and… more to come… But in addition to case law, Carl has also…

JDSupra Free User Generated Legal Document, Forms & Brief Library Open to All Updated: by

Hi Friends, JDSupra has officially launched and opened its site to the public today. The JDSupra site allows legal professionals to upload legal documents, memos, forms, filings and briefs and share them with the legal community. On the marketing front, lawyers and law firms can have their own detailed profile…