Oregon Firearms Federation owes thousands in legal fees for challenge of Measure 114, lawyer says in suit

The law firm representing the Oregon Firearms Federation in the group’s effort to block gun control Measure 114 has now taken its client to court, alleging the federation has failed to pay more than $66,000 in legal costs. Attorney John Kaempf this week filed a civil suit against the nonprofit gun rights group in Clackamas County Circuit Court, alleging it breached an agreement to pay $500 an hour for attorneys’ work and $250 an hour for paralegals’ work on the Measure 114 challenge. The federation paid a $60,000 retainer but...