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Texas Lawyer

The Impeachment of Ken Paxton: Meet the GOP-Led House Committee, Investigators

The investigating committee's investigators reviewed hundreds of documents and interviewed many witnesses other than the four whistleblowers. The response of the committee was a resolution listing 20 articles of impeachment.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Judge Concludes Gilead's Internal Misconduct Investigation Documents Aren't Privileged, Must Turn Over Material in Wrongful Termination Suit by Mid-June

"We view that there was an effort to broaden that scope in this particular litigation and we challenged that effort and are pleased with Judge Ranjan's opinion," said the plaintiff's attorney, Nicole Daller of Horne Daller in Pittsburgh.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Judicial Error: Fort Worth Police Whistleblower Case Reversed

The city argued the amended petition was untimely because it asserted new causes of action. The city argued it was therefore not the same cause of action.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Investigating 'Hybrid' Retaliation Claims

In the era of the whistleblower, we often see "hybrid" complaints in which claims of discrimination or harassment are coupled with a claim of retaliation for blowing the whistle on alleged illegal conduct. Employers need to consider putting processes in place that will help to assure a fair and thorough investigation of claims of improper conduct, while protecting the legitimate rights of employees who raise those concerns in good faith.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Overlooked Law States Can Use to Get Private Equity Out of Health Care Decisions

Private equity firms have invested almost $1 trillion in hospitals and specialized practices over the last decade and there is no end to this surge in sight. The consequences of this seismic shift upon patient care and costs to the government payers are increasingly drawing scrutiny from industry observers.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Will Review Burden of Proof of Corporate Whistleblowers

The justices will consider if and when the burden shifts to employers to show they did not unlawfully retaliate against a whistleblowing employee.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Debra Katz Talks #MeToo, Whistleblower Cases and How to Not Burn Out as a Lawyer

"There's the follow your passion. There's the work hard. There's the taking care of yourself in that work so you don't burn out," says civil rights attorney Debra Katz on the three key elements of being a good lawyer.
8 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Supreme Court Brief: Religious Employees | Fair Claims Act 'Pendulum' Case | On the NJ-NY Waterfront

The justices took more than two hours hearing a debate over a religious person's right to be accommodated in their work schedule.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Man Gets Life Sentence for Killing of Georgia Whistleblower

A U.S. District Court judge in Brunswick sentenced 46-year-old Juan Rangel-Rubio nearly six months after a jury convicted him of conspiring to kill a witness and other criminal counts.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

2 Losses for a NY Judge as Misconduct Complaint Becomes Public

The judge is also suing the Unified Court System in federal court for not granting him a religious exemption, and keeping him off the bench during the height of the pandemic.
5 minute read

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