12/5/2013 update: Emeldi case tossed out. Diane Dietz has the scoop, here. 12/3/2013: Emeldi v. UO lawsuit goes to trial in Eugene The Chronicle has a report, here: Monica A. Emeldi hopes the lawsuit she has brought against the University of Oregon helps to empower graduate students when their relationships with…
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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.
to defend UO against the Emeldi lawsuit, and try and take it to the SCOTUS. Seems like a good idea, and it’s not Frohnmayer or Rudnick. Diane Dietz RG has the story in the RG. Bio here. 1/21/2013. In other UO legal news, Randy’s website is down. Last time this happened it…
Update: See the comments for this correction, from Ms Emeldi’s lawyer, David Force, making clear that the Emeldi case is against UO, not against Prof Horner: There is not now and never has been a lawsuit by her against Dr. Horner. The sole defendant in the case is the University…
Update: WSJ law blog post here. 10/18/2012: This is the Emeldi suit against the UO Ed School. It’s a big deal, the decision is going to make it much easier for students to sue professors. Interestingly the decision was written by 3 judges, the dissent by 7. From Scott Jaschik in IHE. The dissent:…
5/18/2012: Looks like a shotgun wedding, by the Honorable Judge Michael Hogan: Yes, of course I feel dirty for having posted this, you’re welcome. My guess is UO pays some competent lawyer $200,000 and Ms Emeldi another $200,000 to clean it all up. The full “amicus brief” is here.
4/29/2012: From Diane Dietz in the RG: The University of Oregon is asking an appeals court to dismiss a doctoral student’s claim of discrimination and retaliation — and conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly’s Eagle Forum is asking to enter the case on the university’s side. … My understanding of this case…
4/8/2012: We’ve written a lot about SB242, Pernsteiner’s watered down version of Lariviere’s New Partnership which got through the legislature last summer. One important consequence was that it required/allowed OUS and therefore UO to stop getting legal services through the state DOJ, and instead allowed them to contract with outside…