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Showing posts with label whistleblowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label whistleblowers. Show all posts
Saturday, March 2, 2024

Observers comment on Assange extradition hearings

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My thanks to Assange Defense Boston for organizing the Massachusetts State House rally on February 20 (above). Assange Defense Boston poste...
Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Employer may not fire for personnel rebuttal, high court holds, even though statute provides no remedy

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Pixy.org CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Reversing a problematic and divided intermediate appellate court decision, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Cour...
Monday, September 27, 2021

FOIA requesters need protection against retaliation; in egregious case, court allows First Amendment theory

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Intersection of state highways 42 & 61 in Conyngham Town, Pa. (2019 photo by Mr. Matté CC BY-SA 3.0 ) A bizarre FOIA case decided by t...
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Court affirms widow's $21m verdict vs. Big Tobacco, upholds punitive damages despite '98 settlement

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Marlboro Red Open Box by Sarah Johnson ( CC BY 2.0 ) The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today affirmed a $21m verdict against Phili...
Monday, November 18, 2019

It's not just whistleblower law; First Amendment public employee-speech doctrine is in disarray

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You might have heard some wrangling in the news about whistleblowers.  They're all the rage, lately, even here and there on this blog....
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Friday, November 15, 2019

Litigation privilege doesn't protect whistleblower counsel, court holds in defamation suit against attorney

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The Massachusetts Appeals Court Wednesday affirmed the absolute litigation privilege as a defense to defamation, but rejected its applicatio...
Monday, October 21, 2019

Whistleblowers call foul, Play the Game

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Marcus Carmichael (Chris Turner CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 ) Whistleblowers are basking in an adoring limelight in the United States right now. T...
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Policy proposal threatens academic freedom at University of Arkansas

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Watchdogs in my former home state of Arkansas have alerted me to a major proposed change to University of Arkansas Board of Trustees tenure ...
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