Oregon Bach Festival Settles With Fired Director For $90,000 (And Non-Disparagement Clause)

“The University of Oregon agreed to pay a $90,000 settlement to fired Oregon Bach Festival Artistic Director Matthew Halls this week, in the midst of a public relations disaster over his abrupt termination in August. Under the terms of the settlement, which the UO released in response to a media request, Halls agreed not to sue the UO, and both parties agreed to make no ‘negative or disparaging’ written or oral statements about each other, publicly or privately, in ‘any medium.'”