Expert legal research US federal and state statutes, court rules, case law
Budget: $100 – $300 USD
Quality legal research is sought for several issues. Answers should include items that apply to each question:
1) Federal and Oregon statutes
2) Medford OR District Court Rules
3) Rules of Civil Procedure
4) Citations of precedent setting cases (preferably in Supreme Court or 6th district) for Plaintiff & Defense sides so I will know my and my opponent's strong and week areas
5) Citations in Blue Book format so relevant parts can be found easily
6) Brief explanations for items where it would be of benefit.
I just need facts with brief explanations as needed; no flowery writing. The research topics:
1) Can a plaintiff who was wronged in his own state and has filed a complaint in federal court against the corporation's local office change the address to the defendant corporation's headquarters which is out of state to meet diversity requirements?
2) Hacking into a privately owned website and placing malware on the site: The corporation's motive was to squash public knowledge of their illegal and unethical behavior which the plaintiff's website shared plus give pointers of how to best sue defendant if there was cause.
3) Civil rights issues because the website hack restricted the site owner's free speech as users' anti-malware software prevented them from visiting it or adversely affected their computers
4) Conspiracy charges because in a large corporation there must have been >1 person approving, planning and hacking.
5) Way of stating/showing sufficient proof for “preponderance of evidence” when all evidence of the hacking (so far) is circumstantial. I know the 51% rule.
6) As immediately above but for punitive damages where "clear and convincing" evidence is needed.
7) Pertaining to Oregon medical malpractice (MMP) regarding the need to invoke tolling because the statute of limitations expired (ORS 12.160). Examples are needed for each if Plaintiff's mental health conditions were caused by:
A) Physiological (diabetes and its complications) and psychological (brain impairment) impairment due to the MMP
B) As above but for reasons other than caused by the MMP
C) Stress of realizing life long impact because of the MMP
D) Factors unrelated to MMP but which caused some of the delay in filing Complaint
8) What are determining factors if a client did not perform their responsibility to inform a practitioner of abnormal but tolerable symptoms during a procedure, which might make a MMP claim moot.
9) Tolling statutes and case law in non-MMP cases (Federal or Oregon) which could be applied to MMP cases.
10) If a judge may be prejudicial to the defense (for example because he was bribed) is that grounds for having the federal court location changed?
11) Statutes for bribing a federal judge and related statutes for things like illegally influencing/interfering with legal/court/other federal proceedings.
12) As above but for state matters.
13) Permissibility to bring an additional charge in an amended complaint when one instance of the charge has been clearly proven. There is no proof for the second charge but it can almost certainly be proven in discovery. The judge may want at least some proof there is substance to the second claim to allow it in an amended complaint. What precedent is there to make this not needed?
14) If plaintiff is granted sanctions against defense for bribery in federal court, what sanction wording will ensure further damages for the charge can be sought in the complaint.
15) Charges for causing others (such as a researcher or editor of a journal) to modify scientific findings to better suit defense's purposes.
16) Precedent and wording to move that in discovery, requests be bypassed as the defense probably will use it as a delaying tactic. Instead I'd like to move the court order both sides submit motions to compel which the court will evaluate at a hearing.
*** SIX IMPORTANT ITEMS TO KNOW ***
1) This can not be done with Google, Chat GPT or common resources. Trust me, if it could I would have done it myself. You MUST have access to and plenty of experience with true legal databases to complete this assignment.
2) Legal research is a specialized field. Lawyers and paralegals have much training, practice and then practical experience in legal research.
3) Your work will be checked. I am not adept at the finer points of legal research. That's why I'm posting this job. But I can check your work, referencing the cases to see if you missed something important.
4) There is a proper way to do legal citations and The Blue Book is devoted to that. Are you familiar with it? You need to know the formal way it's done in the US.
5) Sometimes the case summary in Westlaw, Nexus and other databases is not the full picture. An Understatement. There may be fine points and they may be Important. You must read the judges' rulings/opinions for those. You must check to see if the case was appealed and some of the lower court's decision was overturned/modified.
6) If you are a lawyer and employ a quality paralegal it is fine to have them do the work but you might want to check it.
Congratulations!
There is an extra incentive to do a great job: I have a strong case. I am a person who holds gratitude as an important quality and will want to thank you when I win. When (not if, that's when) I win I will reward the person who helped me with financial thanks of at least US$500 and likely far more, especially if your price now is low and your work quality is high. If freelancer allows a large tip that is what you will get when the case concludes. If they don't allow it, to comply with the site's terms of use, your tip will be for writing a short easy essay for a job I post.
PLEASE ONLY BID if you are have a track record of doing qualtiy in-depth legal research and will do a great job. Ask questions, now or if you get the position.
1) Federal and Oregon statutes
2) Medford OR District Court Rules
3) Rules of Civil Procedure
4) Citations of precedent setting cases (preferably in Supreme Court or 6th district) for Plaintiff & Defense sides so I will know my and my opponent's strong and week areas
5) Citations in Blue Book format so relevant parts can be found easily
6) Brief explanations for items where it would be of benefit.
I just need facts with brief explanations as needed; no flowery writing. The research topics:
1) Can a plaintiff who was wronged in his own state and has filed a complaint in federal court against the corporation's local office change the address to the defendant corporation's headquarters which is out of state to meet diversity requirements?
2) Hacking into a privately owned website and placing malware on the site: The corporation's motive was to squash public knowledge of their illegal and unethical behavior which the plaintiff's website shared plus give pointers of how to best sue defendant if there was cause.
3) Civil rights issues because the website hack restricted the site owner's free speech as users' anti-malware software prevented them from visiting it or adversely affected their computers
4) Conspiracy charges because in a large corporation there must have been >1 person approving, planning and hacking.
5) Way of stating/showing sufficient proof for “preponderance of evidence” when all evidence of the hacking (so far) is circumstantial. I know the 51% rule.
6) As immediately above but for punitive damages where "clear and convincing" evidence is needed.
7) Pertaining to Oregon medical malpractice (MMP) regarding the need to invoke tolling because the statute of limitations expired (ORS 12.160). Examples are needed for each if Plaintiff's mental health conditions were caused by:
A) Physiological (diabetes and its complications) and psychological (brain impairment) impairment due to the MMP
B) As above but for reasons other than caused by the MMP
C) Stress of realizing life long impact because of the MMP
D) Factors unrelated to MMP but which caused some of the delay in filing Complaint
8) What are determining factors if a client did not perform their responsibility to inform a practitioner of abnormal but tolerable symptoms during a procedure, which might make a MMP claim moot.
9) Tolling statutes and case law in non-MMP cases (Federal or Oregon) which could be applied to MMP cases.
10) If a judge may be prejudicial to the defense (for example because he was bribed) is that grounds for having the federal court location changed?
11) Statutes for bribing a federal judge and related statutes for things like illegally influencing/interfering with legal/court/other federal proceedings.
12) As above but for state matters.
13) Permissibility to bring an additional charge in an amended complaint when one instance of the charge has been clearly proven. There is no proof for the second charge but it can almost certainly be proven in discovery. The judge may want at least some proof there is substance to the second claim to allow it in an amended complaint. What precedent is there to make this not needed?
14) If plaintiff is granted sanctions against defense for bribery in federal court, what sanction wording will ensure further damages for the charge can be sought in the complaint.
15) Charges for causing others (such as a researcher or editor of a journal) to modify scientific findings to better suit defense's purposes.
16) Precedent and wording to move that in discovery, requests be bypassed as the defense probably will use it as a delaying tactic. Instead I'd like to move the court order both sides submit motions to compel which the court will evaluate at a hearing.
*** SIX IMPORTANT ITEMS TO KNOW ***
1) This can not be done with Google, Chat GPT or common resources. Trust me, if it could I would have done it myself. You MUST have access to and plenty of experience with true legal databases to complete this assignment.
2) Legal research is a specialized field. Lawyers and paralegals have much training, practice and then practical experience in legal research.
3) Your work will be checked. I am not adept at the finer points of legal research. That's why I'm posting this job. But I can check your work, referencing the cases to see if you missed something important.
4) There is a proper way to do legal citations and The Blue Book is devoted to that. Are you familiar with it? You need to know the formal way it's done in the US.
5) Sometimes the case summary in Westlaw, Nexus and other databases is not the full picture. An Understatement. There may be fine points and they may be Important. You must read the judges' rulings/opinions for those. You must check to see if the case was appealed and some of the lower court's decision was overturned/modified.
6) If you are a lawyer and employ a quality paralegal it is fine to have them do the work but you might want to check it.
Congratulations!
There is an extra incentive to do a great job: I have a strong case. I am a person who holds gratitude as an important quality and will want to thank you when I win. When (not if, that's when) I win I will reward the person who helped me with financial thanks of at least US$500 and likely far more, especially if your price now is low and your work quality is high. If freelancer allows a large tip that is what you will get when the case concludes. If they don't allow it, to comply with the site's terms of use, your tip will be for writing a short easy essay for a job I post.
PLEASE ONLY BID if you are have a track record of doing qualtiy in-depth legal research and will do a great job. Ask questions, now or if you get the position.