Legal

The nonprofit Oregon Consumer Justice is rolling out new legal services to help people who have fallen victim to illegal scams.

The judge who decided that the public has a right to access Oswego Lake had a conversation with one of the plaintiffs in 2014 that Lake Oswego property owners argued presented a conflict of interest.

Oregon lawmakers have agreed to spend a new plan to patch the state’s failing public defense system, which for months has failed to meet its constitutional obligations.

Some Portland leaders want to tighten Oregon public record law after the city was forced to turn over documents with the contact information of constituents and pay a longtime records advocate $250,000 in attorney fees.

A defendant’s right to effective counsel is guaranteed under the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The ABA’s findings are the latest indicator to raise questions about whether Oregon is providing adequate defense to people who cannot afford an attorney.

Facebook is asking a federal court to dismiss a revised complaint against it by the Federal Trade Commission after a federal judge threw out an earlier complaint.

Oregon’s Attorney General filed suit Friday to stop two counties from trying to get out of enforcing Oregon’s new gun laws.

An Oregon state senator has been stripped of his powers. A new program trains prisoners to grow sagebrush. Also, we hear about the Port of Vancouver commissioner race and about how privacy laws apply to the homeless.

We hear about a controversial mining plan near Mount St. Helens and a new DACA Resource Center at Portland Community College. Also, how are laws around teenagers and sexting evolving?

We discuss Portland's ability to ban local fossil fuel infrastructure, the first comprehensive survey of American workers, and the Oregon Supreme Court decision to lower the score needed to pass the state bar exam.