In Garcetti v. Ceballos, the Supreme Court held that a deputy district attorney who, as part of his job duties, raised concerns with his superiors about possibly unlawful activity and was allegedly fired in response had no First Amendment retaliation claim. In support of its conclusion, the Court suggested that adequate checks already existed at the state and federal level to curb the behavior of employers who engage in unlawful activity and to protect the employees who seek to prevent or expose such activity. In addition to state and federal whistleblower statutes, the Court singled out the rules of professional conduct governing attorneys as providing additional safeguards for attorneys in situations similar to the plaintiff in Garcetti. ...
Retaliation toward employees who report illegal discrimination and/or unethical practices in the wor...
Rule 5.1 of the ABA’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct requires law firm partners to make reasona...
To protect employees from being discharged in retaliation for filing a workers\u27 compensation clai...
This Note advocates that federal courts should allow attorneys to bring retaliatory discharge claims...
This Article argues that the “reasonableness” requirement of Title VII should be rejected. Under thi...
In Garcetti v. Ceballos, the U.S. Supreme Court, by the narrowest of margins, held that allegations ...
Attorneys, especially in-house counsel, are subject to retaliation by employers in much the same way...
In Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad v. White, the Supreme Court soundly rejected the idea that ...
In Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad v. White, the Supreme Court soundly rejected the idea that ...
In Garcetti v. Ceballos, the Supreme Court denied constitutional protection to a deputy prosecutor n...
In an era where corporate malfeasance has imposed staggering costs on society, ranging from the larg...
This approach to the problem of whistleblowing, however, is misguided; the appropriate balance is be...
When a worker complains about discrimination, federal law is supposed to protect that worker from la...
Although courts have traditionally relied primarily on prosecutors’ individual self-restraint and in...
When a worker sues an employer, the employer sometimes learns thereafter that the worker had committ...
Retaliation toward employees who report illegal discrimination and/or unethical practices in the wor...
Rule 5.1 of the ABA’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct requires law firm partners to make reasona...
To protect employees from being discharged in retaliation for filing a workers\u27 compensation clai...
This Note advocates that federal courts should allow attorneys to bring retaliatory discharge claims...
This Article argues that the “reasonableness” requirement of Title VII should be rejected. Under thi...
In Garcetti v. Ceballos, the U.S. Supreme Court, by the narrowest of margins, held that allegations ...
Attorneys, especially in-house counsel, are subject to retaliation by employers in much the same way...
In Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad v. White, the Supreme Court soundly rejected the idea that ...
In Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad v. White, the Supreme Court soundly rejected the idea that ...
In Garcetti v. Ceballos, the Supreme Court denied constitutional protection to a deputy prosecutor n...
In an era where corporate malfeasance has imposed staggering costs on society, ranging from the larg...
This approach to the problem of whistleblowing, however, is misguided; the appropriate balance is be...
When a worker complains about discrimination, federal law is supposed to protect that worker from la...
Although courts have traditionally relied primarily on prosecutors’ individual self-restraint and in...
When a worker sues an employer, the employer sometimes learns thereafter that the worker had committ...
Retaliation toward employees who report illegal discrimination and/or unethical practices in the wor...
Rule 5.1 of the ABA’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct requires law firm partners to make reasona...
To protect employees from being discharged in retaliation for filing a workers\u27 compensation clai...