Court: Fed Whistleblower Unprotected for Disclosing Non-Gov Wrongdoing
A federal appeals court ruled 8/24/2015 that disclosures about non-governmental wrongdoing are not protected by the Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA), …
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Jumping Ship at DHS
The Washington Post is sounding the alarm about high turnover rates at the Department of Homeland Security. The accounts in …
Vet Rights: Honored More in Breach Than Observance
If you were to sit down and read the federal laws protecting the employment rights of veterans and providing preferences …
More on EPA OIG Obstruction Scandal
Click here for a further story from the Washington Times on EPA’s obstruction of its Office of Inspector General, now with …
Client to Testify to Congress on EPA Obstruction of OIG
Our client, EPA OIG Special Agent Elisabeth Heller Drake, was mentioned in this recent Washington Times article about the EPA Administrator …
Bygones, Mental Anguish Damages for Fed Whistleblowers, and Kings
To put if briefly and profanely: if you have a fed employee whistleblower case filed before December 27, 2012, it …
9.145 lawyers?
This photo is from a sign encouraging people to lease space about a mile from our DC office. We’ll assume …
A Smaller Whistle to Blow in Texas
The Texas Supreme Court has just ruled, in a case involving a University of Houston professor, that the state’s whistleblower …
Sequester and Furloughs Biting (in wrong places)
From where we sit, we hear two things from federal employees relevant to the sequester and budget battles, both near …
New Client Review via Avvo.com
We were pleased to receive notice of the review below being posted at lawyer review site www.Avvo.com. The outcome of any …
New Client Comments Posted
Over on our “client praise” page you will see we just added these comments: “I cannot thank you enough for …
How to get a promotion at Homeland Security?
A recently-released survey (by the government, of the government, and for the government) reports only 33.5% of employees believe that …
How to lose a case in 10 days
If you are one of the rare clients or attorneys who want to lose your case, a recent decision in …
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