Pres Lincoln: It may seem strange that any men [sic] should dare to ask a just God’s assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men’s faces but let us judge not that we be not judged. Alicia Santiago of The Daily Emerald has more on the lawsuit…
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7/12/2023 Dear Mr. Harbaugh, Records responsive to your request for “…all briefing materials prepared by the OtP or President’s Office and provided to Incoming President Scholz as part of his presidential transition.” can be accessed via this link. Please note that access will expire in five business days on 07/19/2023. Please note that some…
And fortunately that precedent is the exact opposite of what they’d hoped for when they spent UO’s money on a losing fight against Professor Jennifer Freyd’s equal pay lawsuit. Some snippets from Law 360 below. My favorite part is “Counsel for the University of Oregon did not respond to an…
No disrespect to Mr. Reed intended – this is just the sort of thing he said he would do in his job application letter, and just what Pres Schill pays him to do: PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The NCAA is reviewing the University of Oregon’s relationship to an organization backed…
From https://www.oregon.gov/erb/Documents/UP-014-17_Remand.pdf
Just kidding, of course he didn’t. But OSU’s General Counsel did, in admirable detail:
Some would say “hell yes I want to catch some big salmon, but of course I’ll have to pay for the trip myself”. Others would say “let me have my $350K lawyer, paid with public funds, send the Oregon Government Ethics Commission a brief asking if I can let you…
May 2 2021 update:
The resolution that was to be considered by the Senate this Wed had 90 or so faculty and senate co-sponsors. The gist was:
2.1 Therefore be it moved that: The University Senate declares its belief that university professors should not be excluded from the protection of the Equal Pay Act, and in particular that if women professors believe that the policies and procedures followed by any university have resulted in them receiving lower pay for equal work, they should have the right to present their case in a court of law and to challenge policies and procedures that result in inequitable pay.
2.2 Be it also moved that: The University Senate rejects the suggestion that it is a legitimate “business necessity” to engage in practices with discriminatory results, as the university has argued in this case with respect to retention raises.
2.3 Be it finally moved that: The University of Oregon Senate asks the University President to direct its counsel not to seek further review, and the senate wants all to know that the University of Oregon Administration’s and its attorney’s efforts to create a legal precedent that would prevent faculty and other professionals from using the Equal Pay Act to sue for redress of discrimination are not done in our name. [Emphasis in original.]
At 8PM Tu, the evening before the 3PM Wed vote, the administration’s GC Kevin Reed sent the Senate the email here, saying:
The core of the resolution seems directed at persuading the university not to pursue further review of the summary judgment decision in the United States Supreme Court. Such persuasion is misplaced, as the university has decided to proceed to trial in this matter and not to seek Supreme Court review at this stage. [emphasis added]
Given that the goal of the motion had been achieved (for now at least) the chief co-sponsors, myself and Beatrice Dohrn (Law), decided to withdraw the motion for now as moot and we explained this to the Senate.
April 23 2021 update: Full 9th Circuit rejects UO Administration’s latest attempt to stop Freyd discrimination suit from going to trial
4/23/2021 update:
Appealing this to the SCOTUS would seem like a stretch for UO’s lawyers, but they seem to have an unlimited budget for outside attorneys so who knows. Meanwhile the UO Senate will be voting next Wed on a resolution asking our Administration to give up these appeals so as to not further sully UO’s brand, and just let Professor Freyd take her case to trial.
March 15, 2021 update: Prof Freyd gets an easy revise and resubmit as appeals court rejects attempt by UO lawyers Paula Barran, Kevin Reed and Pres Schill to gut the Equal Pay Act
In the Oregonian today, from Daily Emerald reporter Shane Hoffman. A few snippets: … Data obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive through a public records request show 91 out of the university’s 520 student-athletes tested positive for COVID-19 between July 17, 2020, and March 2 of this year. According to the university’s latest enrollment…
Who wouldn’t be excited about this sort of publicity? A little homework – a concept Mr. Reed is apparently not familiar with – show’s it’s a scam. I wonder which of the many outside law firms Reed has hired paid his tab for this?
UO’s official log is here, with the last few months below. Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum’s Public Records and Meetings manual is here, with this warning: “Knowledge will forever govern ignorance. And a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. A…
The Nebraska Law Review, here. Always good to see a Johnson Hall administrator helping out with UO’s research metrics: Reed also told me, during a public meeting of the UO Senate Executive Committee regarding his efforts to restrict free speech by students protesting the university foundation’s (money losing) investments in…
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