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Oregon Uniform Jury Instructions, 2017 Supplements

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With Oregon Uniform Jury Instructions you will always be prepared for trial with up-to-date and customizable jury instructions, save time by using instructions already drafted by the experts, and represent your clients with confidence using the comments to the instructions.

Oregon Uniform Civil Jury Instructions

  • 1 New Instruction
  • 9 Revised Instructions
  • 1 Withdrawn Instruction

The Uniform Civil Jury Instructions Committee completed their review of the landlord-tenant instructions with updates to an instruction last updated in 2011 and the addition of a new instruction addressing landlord retaliation. The committee continued reviewing instructions in other areas that were last reviewed in 2005 as well as updating instructions last reviewed in 2007. Included in this 2017 supplement are nine revised instructions, one new instruction, and one instruction addressing passenger negligence that was withdrawn because it was sufficiently addressed in other instructions.

Oregon Uniform Criminal Instructions

  • 2 New Instructions
  • 8 Revised Instructions
  • Updated Users’ Guide

The Uniform Criminal Jury Instructions Committee is finishing up its 2017 supplement. The updated Users’ Guide contains discussions on the issues of jury concurrence, judicial admissions, and stipulating to prior convictions. The committee drafted a new curative and limiting instruction to address matters excluded from evidence and matters offered for a limited purpose. The committee also added new case law to a number of instructions and revised the instructions for second-degree robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm.

Order your copy today by visiting our online bookstore. You may also contact our CLE Service Center at (503) 431-6413 or toll-free in Oregon, 1-800-452-8260, x 413.

NEW! Veterans, Military Servicemembers, and the Law, 2017 Edition

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Available for Preorder! Order Your Copy Today.

This new offering is a resource developed in conjunction with the Military and Veterans Law Section. It highlights the vast military presence in Oregon, underscoring the need for legal resources to support our veterans and military. It also provides information about legal rights and benefits that may alter how you practice when your client or opponent is a veteran or military servicemember.

Highlights include:

  • Who Is a Veteran?
  • Military Branches
  • Oregon’s Military Presence
  • Criminal Law for Veterans
  • Getting Military Records, and Witnesses: Privacy Act, FOIA, and Touhy Requests
  • The US Department of Veterans’ Affairs
  • State Veterans’ Benefits and Resources
  • Employment and Re-Employment Rights
  • Helping Servicemembers on Active Duty and Veterans as Civil Litigants, Consumers, and Taxpayers
  • Family Law Issues
  • PTSD and TBI: Issues in Administrative and Criminal Forums
  • Veteran-Focused Service Organizations

Order your copy today by visiting our online bookstore. You may also contact our CLE Service Center at (503) 431-6413 or 1-800-452-8260, ext. 413.

Advising Oregon Businesses: Vols. 1 & 2, 2017 Edition

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Available for Preorder! Order Your Copy Today.

Advising Oregon Businesses provides the tools you need to assist your business clients in choosing and organizing a business entity. This must-have resource is written and edited by Oregon’s foremost business law lawyers. Volumes 1 and 2 have been completely revised to include new topics, 2017 legislation, and one new chapter on where to incorporate.

Highlights include:

  • Sole Proprietorships
  • General Partnerships
  • Limited Liability Partnerships
  • Limited Partnerships
  • Partnership Taxation
  • Tenancy in Common—An Alternative to Partnerships or LLCs
  • Limited Liability Companies
  • Procedural Steps of Incorporation
  • Business Records
  • Amendment of Articles and Bylaws
  • Income Tax Consequences of Incorporation
  • Subchapter S Taxation
  • Financing in General
  • Definition of a Security
  • Public Companies
  • Private Placement of Securities
  • Oregon Securities Law
  • Debt Financing
  • Venture Capital Financing
  • Government Financing of the Small Business
  • Shareholders’ Meetings; Voting; Proxies; and Voting Arrangements
  • Corporate Buy-Sell Agreements
  • Redemption or Purchase of Corporate Shares
  • Shareholder Derivative Actions
  • Inspection of Corporate Records
  • Powers, Duties, and Liabilities of Corporate Directors and Officers
  • Ethical Guidelines for the Business Lawyer
  • Dividends
  • Foreign Corporations in Oregon
  • Assisting an Extranational Corporation in Oregon
  • Cooperatives
  • Professional Corporations
  • Special Problems of Closely Held Businesses
  • Tax Aspects of Stock Redemptions and Nonliquidating Distributions
  • Corporate Liquidations
  • Introduction to Corporate Reorganizations
  • Acquisitive Corporate Reorganizations: Type A, B, and C Reorganizations
  • Corporate Separations—The D Reorganization
  • Type E and Type F Reorganizations
  • Type G Reorganizations
  • Cross-Entity Conversions and Mergers
  • Jurisdiction of Organization – NEW!

Order your copy today by visiting our online bookstore. You may also contact our CLE Service Center at (503) 431-6413 or 1-800-452-8260, ext. 413.

Damages Book Wins ACLEA Award

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OSB Legal Publications has once again been recognized for our commitment to publishing quality legal resources. We received an award for a book we released in 2016.

The Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA) has selected Damages as the winner of its ACLEA’s Best Award of Outstanding Achievement in Publications. A plaque commemorating the award was presented at ACLEA’s Annual Meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in August and is on display in the lobby of the OSB Center.

Of course, Legal Pubs couldn’t have created this highly informative and innovative book without the help of our three volunteer editorial board members Hon. Karsten Rasmussen, Rick Lee, and Heather Bowman.

Damages was designed to support Oregon attorneys in their role as litigator and advisor. Whether the attorney is a recent law grad or a seasoned attorney, there is something in here for them. This publication was made possible only through the extra­ordinary dedication and gratuitous contribution of time and talent offered by 50 Oregon attorneys. The accomplished attorneys who drafted each chapter offered their insights—starting with an over­view of the particular practice area or basis for money damages, and drilling down into the most relevant details that practicing attorneys are likely to encounter in their practice. The authors included practice tips and caveats where appropriate. Many authors also provided references to other resources, which are often helpful springboards when greater depth of understanding in a nuanced area of the law is necessary.

The authors who volunteered their time and talent on this publication and made an ACLEA award possible are Allen E. Eraut, Julie A. Smith, Joshua Sasaki, Megan McGuire, Laura C. Johnson, David Auxier, Ted Reuter, Bernard S. Moore, Samuel T. Smith, Joshua D. Stadtler, Jeffrey D. Munns, Nicholas E. Wheeler, James C. Edmonds, Jeffrey A. Trautman, Donald E. Templeton, Frederick H. Lundblade, III, Jennifer Middleton, Meredith Holley, Hon. Benjamin M. Bloom, Thomas M. Triplett, Keith S. Dubanevich, Nadine A. Gartner, W. Greg Lockwood, Carson D. Bowler, Michelle G. Rudd, Reilley D. Keating, Jay W. Beattie, Gavin W. Bruce, Emily S. Miller, D. Gary Christensen, Cody Berne, Robert Lane Carey, Lindsay L. Reynolds, Sarah M. Einowski, Jeff Bradford, Rima I. Ghandour, Erin E. Gould, Bryan P. Murphy, Justine Fischer, Thomas C. Peachey, Andrew J. Myers, Michael B. Hallinan, Sara Kobak, Jordan R. Silk, James Coon, Gordon T. Carey, Jr.

The editorial review board, authors, and in-house editors have produced a deskbook that is practical, comprehensive, and well-supported with citations to legal authorities. It filled an ever-present need for up-to-date information on the law of damages in a variety of areas of law. Because of the quality of the publication and its unique place in the market it has become an invaluable resource for Oregon lawyers.

Damages, 2016 Revision

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Available Now!

Damages will help you:

  • Evaluate a case quickly and competently.
  • Analyze both plaintiff and defense strategies in damage claims.
  • Determine the types of damage awards and remedies available to your client.

From compensatory damages to punitive damages to nonmonetary remedies, the award of damages is what brings your client to the civil courtroom. Damages is your essential resource to determine the types of damage awards and remedies that may be available to your client.

Table of Contents:

  1. Compensatory Damages
  2. Nominal Damages
  3. Punitive Damages
  4. Pain and Suffering
  5. Mental Distress
  6. Loss of Earnings and Earning Capacity
  7. Medical Expenses
  8. Impaired Living Capacity
  9. Contributory Negligence and Comparative Fault
  10. Loss of Service
  11. Wrongful Death
  12. Defamation and Invasion of Privacy
  13. Civil Rights and Employment Discrimination
  14. False Imprisonment
  15. Interference with Contractual and Business Relations
  16. Securities Laws
  17. Physical Injury To or Loss of Chattels
  18. Dispossession of Personal Property
  19. Invasions of Real Property, Including Environmental Damage
  20. Condemnation
  21. Tortious Injury to Property in Admiralty
  22. The Standard Fire Insurance Policy and other Direct-Loss Policies
  23. Contracts for the Sale of Goods
  24. Employment Contracts
  25. Construction Contracts
  26. Land Sale Contracts
  27. Special Damages for Breach of Contract
  28. Loss of Profits
  29. Liquidated Damages
  30. Attorney Fees and Costs
  31. Prejudgment Interest
  32. Mitigation of Damages
  33. Collateral Benefits and the Collateral-Source Rule
  34. Additur and Remittitur

Order your copy today by visiting our online bookstore.  You may also contact our CLE Service Center at (503) 431-6413 or 1-800-452-8260, ext. 413.

Oregon Real Estate Deskbook Wins Award

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OSB Legal Publications has once again been recognized for our commitment to publishing quality legal resources. We received an award for a book we released in 2015.

The Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA) has selected Oregon Real Estate Deskbook as the winner of its ACLEA’s Best Award of Outstanding Achievement in Publications. A plaque commemorating the award was presented at ACLEA’s Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington in August and is on display in the lobby of the OSB Center.

Of course, Legal Pubs couldn’t have created this highly informative and innovative book without the help of our many volunteer editorial board members (in bold) and authors: Thomas E. Bahrman, Dustin R. Klinger, Andrew I. Davis, Dina E. Alexander, Peter R. Jarvis, Lee Aronson, Patricia A. Ihnat, C. Cleveland Abbe, Dean P. Gisvold, Jonathan M. Radmacher, Michael G. Magnus, Michelle D. Da Rosa, Robert W. Wilkinson, Amy Heverly, Damien R. Hall, Mark A. Manulik, Paul B. Barton, John B. Benazzi, Rebecca S. Schwarzkopf, Don G. Carter , Jeffrey S. Davis, Benjamin Leedy, Thomas S. Hillier, Christopher R. Ambrose, John A. Lusky, Jonathon L. Goodling, Valerie Athena Tomasi, Marisol Ricoy McAllister, Eleanor A. DuBay, Cody Hoesly, Steven A. Moore, Barry L. Groce, Bennett H. Goldstein, Brent Summers, Jason Alexander, Mike G. Halligan, Rich Canaday, Ryan Nisle, James M. Walker, Charles M. Greeff, Mike Silvey, Jeremy Bader, Thomas S. Smith, Kimberly McCullough, Richard Bailey, Robert W. Wilkinson, Jacob A. Zahniser, P. Stephen Russell III, Rebecca Biermann Tom, Howard M. Feuerstein , Steven F. Hill, Hong N. Huynh, Jennie Bricker, David E. Filippi, Kirk B. Maag, Jerry R. Fish, Eric L. Martin, Christopher C. Criglow, Greg Fullem, Richard Allan, Phillip E. Grillo, Lauren E. Johnson, Phillip C. Querin, William D. Miner, Kathleen L. Wilde, Clifton Molatore, Jeanne Kallage Sinnott, David W. Hercher, John Casey Mills, Teresa H. Pearson, William H. Caffee, Ann E. McQuesten, Jim L. Guse, Ronald A. Shellan, Jeneé (Gifford) Hilliard, John H. Gadon, Adam C. Kobos, Eric J. Kodesch, William F. (Fritz) Paulus, Edwin C. Perry, Neil N. Olsen, Sean M. Mazorol, Jill S. Gelineau, Marilyn Moylan Wall, Harold D. Gillis, Alexandra E. Sosnkowski, Robert R. Griffith, Alec J. Shebiel, and Michael H. McGean. Thanks to all of you for your hard work and dedication to this volunteer effort.

For many years, the Oregon State Bar published a loosely related series of real estate books, each published at different times, with different editorial boards, and with a different focus. In addition, we published a book titled Foreclosing Security Interests, which included real estate foreclosure topics.

In late 2012, we assembled a new editorial board interested in a complete reorganization of the series into a comprehensive multi-volume deskbook designed to meet the evolving needs of Oregon real estate attorneys. The editorial board represented a cross-section of the varied practice areas within real estate law. The board members reviewed all of the existing chapters of the real estate series as well as the Foreclosing Security Interests chapters. They identified topics that were covered in different ways in multiple chapters of the existing series and combined them; identified several topics that were no longer relevant and eliminated those chapters; determined that there were 11 additional topics not covered before that needed to be added; and logically organized the 66 chapters based on the order in which they would likely be encountered by the practitioner.

Oregon Real Estate Deskbook was designed to support Oregon attorneys in their role as legal counselor in real estate transactions where nonlawyers are increasingly playing a leading role. Whether the attorney is a recent law grad or a seasoned attorney, there is something in here for them. This publication was made possible only through the extra­ordinary dedication and gratuitous contribution of time and talent offered by over 90 Oregon attorneys. The accomplished attorneys who drafted each chapter offered their insights—starting with an over­view of the particular practice area and drilling down into the most relevant details that practicing attorneys are likely to encounter in their practice. The authors included forms and practice tips where appropriate. They also provided references to other resources, which are often helpful springboards when greater depth of understanding in a nuanced area of the law is necessary.

Oregon Real Estate Deskbook is available on BarBooks™ to all Oregon Bar members or for purchase in print at the Bar’s online bookstore.

Damages (2016 Revision): Later, but Better

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by Dean Land, Legal Publications Attorney Editor

During our editing process here in the OSB Legal Publications Department, it’s not uncommon for the Oregon appellate courts to issue an opinion that affects the book that we’re working on. Sometimes, the effect is limited to a minor issue in one or two chapters. Other times, the effect is much broader (like when State v. Gaines, 346 Or 160 (2009), came down just as we were finishing Interpreting Oregon Law). Although it may delay publication, we’d much rather have such a case come down during the editing process than after we go to print. That way, instead of having a book that is immediately outdated, we can make the required edits and provide the Bar an up-to-date legal resource.

As we approach our deadline for the 2016 edition of Damages, the Oregon Supreme Court has indulged us once again, this time by issuing its opinion in Horton v. OHSU, 359 Or 168 (May 5, 2016). In a lengthy decision (140 pages in the Advance Sheets, including concurring and dissenting opinions), the court altered its interpretation of two provisions of the Oregon Constitution and, in doing so, overruled two significant prior decisions.

Before Horton, the court’s analysis of the Remedy Clause of Article I, section 10, was governed by Smothers v. Gresham Transfer, Inc., 332 Or 83 (2001). Under Smothers, the court asked whether Oregon common law, as it stood in 1857 (when the Oregon Constitution was drafted), recognized a cause of action for the plaintiff’s alleged injury. If so, then the Remedy Clause required a constitutionally adequate remedy for that injury. Horton overruled Smothers and disavowed the bright-line rule that protected common-law causes of action that existed in 1857 but offered no protection for causes of action that did not exist in 1857. In place of the Smothers methodology, the court created a framework that considers “the extent to which the legislature [in altering a common-law remedy] has departed from the common-law model measured against its reasons for doing so.” Horton, 359 Or at 220.

Horton also changed the analysis of Article I, section 17, which protects the right to a jury trial in civil cases. Under Lakin v. Senco Products, Inc., 329 Or 62, modified, 329 Or 369 (1999), if Oregon common law in 1857 recognized a cause of action, then Article I, section 17, prevented the trial court from reducing a jury verdict. Thus statutory caps on damages, such as those of the Oregon Tort Claims Act, were inapplicable to those causes of action. Horton overruled Lakin, deciding instead that Article I, section 17, guarantees only a procedural right to a jury for causes of action recognized by Oregon common law in 1857. It does not impose any substantive limits on the legislature’s authority to limit damages for a claim.

Horton affected seven chapters in Damages and required a bit of scrambling on our part. Our in-house editors read the opinion, revised the affected chapters, and sent them back to the authors and the editorial review board for approval and any additional changes. (One exasperated author commented that Horton came down just as he was beginning to understand Smothers.) In the end, though, the new edition of Damages will be more helpful to practitioners because it includes the changes wrought by Horton. Thanks to all our authors and the editorial review board for the extra effort!

Oregon Administrative Law, 2016 Supplement

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There have been important changes in administrative law. Do you know what they are? Buy the 2016 supplement to Oregon Administrative Law and find out. Oregon Administrative Law thoroughly updates the 2010 text with an explanation of the essential components of Oregon’s Administrative Procedures Act, including its comprehensive definitions, rulemaking procedures, contested case procedures, procedures for judicial review of rules, contested case orders, declaratory rulings, and much more.

Highlights include:

  1. Agency Authority and Functions — 41 updated sections
  2. The Administrative Law Judge — 13 updated sections
  3. Administrative Rules — 19 updated sections
  4. Contested Cases: Preparation and Strategy — 66 updated and 4 new sections
  5. Orders in Other than Contested Cases — 16 updated sections
  6. Extraordinary Remedies in Administrative Cases — 63 updated sections
  7. Public Records — 29 updated sections
  8. Public Meetings and Public Hearings — 29 updated sections
  9. Attorney General Opinions and Rules — 8 updated and 3 new sections
  10. Civil Penalties and Cease-and-Desist Orders — 5 updated sections
  11. Criminal Enforcement of Administrative Rules, Permits, and Absence of Permits — 14 updated sections
  12. Alternative Dispute Resolution — 3 updated sections
  13. Health Professional Licensing and Enforcement — 15 updated sections
  14. Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions — 32 updated sections
  15. Governmental Oversight and Relations — 11 updated sections
  16. Legal Ethics in the Administrative Law Setting — 16 updated sections

Order your copy today! 

Oregon Formal Ethics Opinions, 2016 Revision and ORPCs Annotated, 2016 Edition

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Avoid being waylaid by ethics issues. Save time by having all the answers to your ethics questions at your fingertips with your own copy of the revised Oregon Formal Ethics Opinions and all new Oregon RPCs Annotated. Both publications are available now.  Visit our online bookstore to order your copies today.

Oregon Formal Ethics Opinions, 2016 Revision

This new edition of the Oregon Formal Ethics Opinions replaces the 2005 revision and all supplements. It includes:

  • Revised comments to all 2005 opinions with updated cross-references to The Ethical Oregon Lawyer, 2015 Revision, and other resources
  • New comments to all opinions issued in 2006 and later
  • One new opinion issued and twenty-six opinions that were revised by the Legal Ethics Committee in 2015
  • Nine opinions that were revised by the LEC in 2016
  • Updated tables, revised and updated subject index, and opinions citator

Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct Annotated, 2016 Edition

This new offering from the Oregon State Bar Legal Publications Department is a companion to the Oregon Formal Ethics Opinions, and includes:

  • Full text of all Oregon RPCs
  • Annotation summaries of all Oregon Supreme Court cases, Disciplinary Board Reporter cases, and Oregon Formal Ethics Opinions citing the Oregon RPCs and ORS chapter 9
  • Annotation summaries of all cases citing relevant DRs
  • Sanction imposed in each case clearly highlighted for quick reference
  • Cross-references to discussions of the Oregon RPCs in The Ethical Oregon Lawyer, 2015 Revision
  • Tables, subject index, and conversion table from DRs to Oregon RPCs

Will be updated annually with new case annotations

Order your copy today by visiting our online bookstore. You may also contact our CLE Service Center at (503)431-6413 or 1-800-452-8260, ext. 413.

Creditors’ Rights and Remedies, 2016 Revision

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Available for Purchase.  ORDER NOW!

  • Trying to collect a judgment or enforce a lien?
  • Having trouble locating the debtor or the debtor’s assets?
  • Need to know what property is subject to execution?

Creditors’ Rights and Remedies can help!

This book contains the latest developments in debtor-creditor law and a wealth of practice tips to make you an efficient and effective lawyer. The 2016 revision completely updates the prior revision and supplement, and also includes several revised chapters from Foreclosing Security Interests. It focuses on Oregon case law and statutes, and presents explanations of federal law where applicable.

Table of Contents:

  1. Provisional Process
  2. Alternatives to Bankruptcy: Assignment for Benefit of Creditors or Receivership
  3. Statutory and Possessory Liens
  4. Enforcement of Foreign Judgments
  5. Practical Discovery
  6. Execution
  7. Garnishment
  8. Decedents’ Estates
  9. Exemptions
  10. Proceedings in Support of Execution
  11. Fraudulent Conveyances and Creditors’ Bills
  12. Self-Help Remedies under the Uniform Commercial Code
  13. Judicial Foreclosure of Security Interests in Personal Property
  14. UCC Article 9

Order your copy today by visiting our online bookstore.  You may also contact our CLE Service Center at (503) 431-6413 or 1-800-452-8260, ext. 413.