Attorney General Rosenblum Sues Sec. DeVos and U.S. Department of Education for Repealing “Borrower Defense” Rules
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today joined a coalition of 23 state Attorneys General in a lawsuit against U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the U.S. Department of Education (ED) challenging their action repealing the 2016 “borrower defense” regulations for students and replacing them with regulations that mainly benefit predatory for-profit schools. The 2016 borrower defense regulations established… View ArticlePosted in Media Release, Student Loan Debt on July 15, 2020
Statement by Attorney General Rosenblum on IP 57
The Oregon Department of Justice today asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for an emergency stay of the July 13, 2020 opinion and order from U.S. District Judge Michael McShane involving Initiative Petition 57 (IP 57). IP 57 seeks to place an initiative on the November 2020 Oregon ballot that would amend the Oregon Constitution… View ArticlePosted in Media Release on July 15, 2020
Attorney General Rosenblum Seeks National Injunction Against New Visa Rule for International Students
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today joined a coalition of 18 Attorneys General in filing a lawsuit to stop a new federal rule that threatens to bar hundreds of thousands of international students from studying in the United States. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts against the U.S. Department of Homeland… View ArticlePosted in Media Release on July 13, 2020
AG Rosenblum Statement on “Oregon Emergency Diploma Privilege” for 2020 Oregon Law School Graduates
On June 29, 2020, the Oregon Supreme Court heard concerns voiced by the deans of Oregon’s three law schools and the Oregon Board of Bar Examiners relating to the upcoming July 2020 Oregon Bar examination and the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The court approved several measures in response, including a one-time “Oregon Emergency Diploma… View ArticlePosted in Media Release on July 6, 2020
AG Rosenblum Highlights First Report on Oregon’s New Hate and Bias Crimes Laws
Oregon Attorney General Ellen today highlighted the results of the first Senate Bill 577 report » from the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission (CJC), which is designed to share data on Oregon’s new hate and bias crimes and bias incidents law. The report, which was statutorily required under Senate Bill 577, was released on July 1. Much… View ArticlePosted in Hate and Bias Crimes, Media Release on July 2, 2020