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Opinion: Readers respond: Union bill opens floodgates to lawfare
April 23, 2025 // The nonpartisan Legislative Counsel confirmed that existing Oregon laws already protect unions from legitimate false impersonation— which is what proponents say is the intent of the bill. But those laws don’t allow them to sue their biggest political opponent, the Freedom Foundation, because the Freedom Foundation doesn’t falsely impersonate unions, as our testimony explained. But with HB 3789, Oregon’s largest special interest group has written themselves new rules that would open the floodgates for state sanctioned lawfare against their largest opponent.