A Democratic labor attorney and a former Republican state representative are heading for a November runoff to choose Oregon’s next labor commissioner. Christina Stephenson, a Democrat, has held a commanding lead since election night eight days ago. But she has fallen shy of the 50% threshold to avoid a runoff, […]
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Oregon labor lawyer, firm face over $40,000 in sanctions for misleading court in ‘bad faith,’ judge finds
A veteran labor law partner and his firm, which represented Bend’s St. Charles Medical Center, face a more than $40,000 sanction for filing a complaint and motion “in bad faith,” a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Michael J. McShane said the emergency motion filed on behalf of St. Charles […]