WELA ALERT: NINTH CIRCUIT Attorney Did Not Engage in Protected First Amendment Activity; Jury Verdict Reversed The plaintiff worked for many years as a civil litigation attorney for the Maricopa County Attorney?s Office (MCAO), and later (briefly) as a direct employee...
WELA ALERT: NINTH CIRCUIT Unwanted Hugging Can Constitute Illegal Sexual Harassment Plaintiff was a correctional officer. She claimed the sheriff created a sexually hostile work environment by greeting her with 100 unwanted hugs and one unwelcome kiss over a 12-year...
WELA ALERT: WASHINGTON SUPREME COURT Court Will Decide Whether Applicants Can Bring Retaliation Claims Based on Opposition With Respect to a Different Employer The district court certified the following question to the Washington Supreme Court:? ?Does RCW 49.60.201(1)...
WELA ALERT: NINTH CIRCUIT State Prosecutor was Not an ?Original Source? for Qui Tam Suit Prather, the relator in this qui tam action, served as a state prosecutor for over thirty years and supervised hundreds of wiretaps.? In 1994 Congress passed the Communications...
WELA ALERT: SUPREME COURT Court Will Decide Whether an Employee Should Appeal a Mixed Case the MSPB dismisses for Want of Jurisdiction to the Federal Circuit or the District Court On January 13, 2017, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Perry v. MSPB, 829 F.3d 760...
WELA ALERT: NINTH CIRCUIT District Court Granted Summary Judgment to Employer on Each of Employee?s Claims; District Court was Wrong Each Time Plaintiff was a single mother with seven children. She worked at an Idaho grocery store where she supervised employees on the...
