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U.S. Fifth Circuit Adopts Broad Definition of “Good Faith” for Louisiana Environmental Whistleblower Claims

7 Jun 2017, 7:02 am by Devin C. Reid

On June 1, 2017, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Borcik v. [read post]

The Energy Law Blog - http://www.theenergylawblog.com/

2nd Circuit finds that Terminated Whistleblower Employees Must Prove Retaliatory Intent in Sarbanes-Oxley Act Lawsuits

2 Sep 2022, 5:42 am by Kevin MacNeill and Preston Brasch

The employee sued UBS in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, arguing that he was subjected to retaliation for reporting the conduct to his supervisor. [read post]

Global Workplace Insider - http://www.globalworkplaceinsider.com/

Shocking Homophobia Exposed in NYS Department of Correctional Services

14 Oct 2007, 9:17 am

(The full text of the decision in Humig v. [read post]

Leonard Link - http://newyorklawschool.typepad.com/leonardlink/

Prostitution And Entrapment -- An Argument for the Defense

9 Mar 2015, 3:58 pm by Sean Hanover

United States, 356 U.S. 369, 383 (1958) (Justice Frankfurter concurring); United States v. [read post]

Law Blog - http://hanoverlawpc.blogspot.com/

U.S. District Court Rules that Employees' Social Networking Sites Are Discoverable in a Sexual Harassment Suit against Employer

16 Aug 2010, 7:05 am by Carolyn Mazanec Dugas

In Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. [read post]

Connecticut Education Law Blog - http://www.connecticuteducationlawblog.com/

18 U.S. Code § 1030(a)(5)(A), Toyota and "Damage”

30 Apr 2014, 5:00 am

Although these witnesses did not quantify the exact cost of the many hours of labor expended, the United States introduced Exhibit 6 to make such a quantification. [read post]

CYB3RCRIM3 - http://cyb3rcrim3.blogspot.com/

The Supreme Court Takes the Case of Town of Greece v. Galloway, Which Raises the Questions Whether—And If So, How—a Town Board May Open Its Meetings With Prayer

29 May 2013, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton

Americans United for Separation of Church and State represents Galloway and Stephens. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

Briefing begins in US v. Arthrex

1 Dec 2020, 9:45 am by Dennis Crouch

July 22, 2020 Memorandum for the United States. [read post]

Patently-O - http://patentlyo.com/patent

A public employee’s speech as a citizen rather than as an employee protected by the First Amendment

27 Feb 2015, 7:30 am by The Public Employment Law Press

*A United States District Court judge granted the City’s motion for summary judgment, holding that Matthews had spoken as a public employee and not as a citizen and thus his speech was not protected by the First Amendment.Citing Cox v Warwick Valley Central School District, 654 F3d 267, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals said that the test it applied in cases in which a plaintiff asserts a First Amendment retaliation claim requires the plaintiff to establish that: (1)… [read post]

New York Public Personnel Law - https://publicpersonnellaw.blogspot.com/

Not So Fast, My Friend. Privilege May Apply When CC’ing In-House Lawyer

8 Jan 2018, 8:00 am by Todd Presnell

Pa. 1997); United States v. [read post]

Presnell on Privileges - http://www.presnellonprivileges.com

Not So Fast, My Friend. Privilege May Apply When CC’ing In-House Lawyer

8 Jan 2018, 8:00 am by Todd Presnell

Pa. 1997); United States v. [read post]

Presnell on Privileges - http://presnellonprivileges.com/

Case o' The Week: Bad Cops Make Good Law, Quon -- Fourth Amendment Privacy Interests in Text Content

22 Jun 2008, 3:55 pm

United States v. [read post]