7/21/2013: Edward Russo has the story in the Register Guard: The city had relied on Harrang Long since 1971 for virtually all of its legal advice, a sizeable task that produced big billings for the firm. Since 2000, the city has spent a total of $21.4 million — or an…
Posts tagged as “Sharon Rudnick”
7/5/2013: My complaint to the bar is here, the Jaquiss story is here, Rudnick and Gary’s retraction demand over the headline is here. In response I’ve changed the headline on the post to more accurately reflect the facts: “Bar investigates Rudnick, Gary and Geller for allegations of lack of candor…
7/1/2013 retraction, per ORS 31.120 The original headline on this post, on 6/10/2013, was “Bar investigates Rudnick, Geller and Gary for alleged bill padding.” On 6/20/2013 I received a retraction demand from Ms Rudnick and Mr. Gary per ORS 31.120, which gives news organizations 2 weeks to retract allegedly false and defamatory statements, before they can be sued…
6/6/2013, 8AM, usual suspects. Coffee and croissants, courtesy of economics. Forgot the cream. Your Guarantee of Truthiness: All UO Matters bargaining posts fact-checked by Randy Geller, HLGR and their lobbyist and public relations consultant, (and former Frohnmayer aide) Marla Rae. Prologue from Tu: Moffitt finds another 0.5% for the faculty.…
Tuesday 6/4/2013, 8-12 AM, Room 122 Knight Library, open to the public and reporters, free coffee and donuts.Live-Blog disclaimer: My opinion of what people said or were thinking but were too polite to say. Nothing is a quote unless in quotes. Check out Luebke’s facebook blog too, here. Latest Fact…
5/16/2013: Presumably Randy Geller is getting competent legal advice somewhere. Frohnmayer wrote the original version. And if it’s HLGR it would help explain Rudnick’s bargaining table outbursts about keeping shared governance out of the contract. HLGR wrote the Nike tax relief bill that Kitzhaber pushed through in special session, so…
5/10/2013: I expected venality from Sharon Rudnick and her HLGR team, but like everyone else I’ve talked to I’ve been surprised by the incompetence. Maybe I shouldn’t have been though, given who wrote the foreword to “Negotiating for Dummies”: Yup, right at the bottom: David Frohnmayer, President of the University of…
4/23/2013. Report in Insidehighered, here. This leaves the lower court ruling in place, and Ms Emeldi can go forward with her discrimination suit against the College of Ed. Presumably Frohnmayer, Rudnick, and HLGR will pick up some additional billings on this one.
4/3/2013: The smart money says she’s billed us more than $200K so far. Now UO’s Public Records Office is charging $300 for people to see copies of the latest invoices from Sharon Rudnick and HLGR: We asked for the documents 12 days ago, and found out about the fee today.…
3/29/2013: OUS’s Oregon Administrative Rule 580 exempts a few things from the normal transparent competitive bidding process for state procurement: (k) Goods or services related to intercollegiate athletic programs.(L) Cadavers or cadaveric organs.…(u) Contracts for professional or expert witnesses or consultants to provide services or testimony relating to existing or potential litigation…
3/28/2013: The NYT editorializes about the economic foundation of US law firms, the billable hour: For partners, billable hours are a key measure of associate and partner productivity. More is better. The resulting culture pushes everyone harder. Meanwhile, each partner strives to maximize individual client billings that he or she…
12/14/12: And what’s it costing us? Long story. The short version, with my opinion? The UO administration’s current lead negotiator, Sharon Rudnick, (from Dave Frohnmayer’s firm, HLGR) was originally hired by Interim UO President Bob Berdahl to fight faculty unionization.(That’s my opinion – under state law UO has to officially…
Unlike some UO administrators, UO Matters is not living in a lucrative business school case study. Demand for Frank Stahl’s “No Sharon, the Students and the Faculty are the UO” buttons is dropping. I think it’s my butt-ugly design and the high price. If anyone is willing to try redoing…
Update: Prof. Barbara Altmann accuses faculty union of supporting child pornography. Update #4 on the Admin blog, for today 2/7/2013: In perhaps the most extreme section, the Union proposed that “[t]he content of faculty profiles in social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, etc) shall not be considered during any evaluation of a…