Oregon lawmakers are scheduled today to debate a contentious bill that would allow attorneys to be paid an hourly rate for representing injured workers, but the heavy lifting will likely occur during today's meeting of the Management-Labor Advisory Committee.
The advisory committee has not yet signed off on House Bill 2764, a bill by Rep. Shemia Fagan, D-Clackamas, because the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association and insurance industry are at loggerheads over the proposal to modify how claimants' attorneys are paid.
MLAC said in a letter to members of the House Business and Labor C...
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