On February 10, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision in Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC finding that, for Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower retaliation […]
Prevailing Boston-Area Attorneys Earn $300K in Employment Retaliation Case
Vague billing entries and mischarging for “non-core legal tasks” were among the reasons a federal judge deducted over $4,000 in attorney fees and costs, according to a federal […]
4th Circuit Revives Workplace Retaliation Lawsuit Against Biden’s HHS Secretary
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has revived a workplace-retaliation lawsuit against the Biden administration’s secretary of health and human services. Xavier Becerra, secretary of […]
Judge Sustains Former Salesforce VP’s Whistleblower Retaliation Suit
A former Salesforce executive can proceed with a whistleblower retaliation suit as he sufficiently established that he was engaged in protected activity when sounding the alarm about the […]
6th Circuit Finds Student Has Title IX Retaliation Case Against University
A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reinstated a Title IX retaliation lawsuit against the University of Kentucky, finding the district court erroneously held that […]
6th Circuit Affirms Attorney’s Free Speech Retaliation Claim Was Time-Barred
An attorney cannot pursue First Amendment retaliation claims against a police officer who searched her private Facebook records to prosecute her criminal trial because she filed the suit […]
Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Mayor and Police Chief of Missouri City in First Amendment Retaliation Lawsuit Brought by Former Police Officers
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently affirmed the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri’s denial of summary judgment based on qualified […]