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Breaking: FBI Raids Office of Special Counsel

The FBI raided the headquarters of the Office of Special Counsel today, and agents from the Office of Personnel Management siezed boxes of evidence from the Director’s home. The OSC is responsible for protecting federal whistleblowers from retaliation.
According to the Washington Post, the FBI served 17 subpoenas and sequestered the agency Director, Scott J. Bloch, [...]

3d Circuit: High School Coach Can’t Pray With Players

In a closely-watched case, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a New Jersey high school football coach violated the Constitution by initiating and participating in student-initiated pre-game prayers.
Marcus Borden, East Brunswick High School’s football coach for 23 years, sued the school after the superintendent informed him that his actions during grace at [...]

Teacher Pensions Teaching Wall Street a Lesson

Before I started law school, I was an aide at an elementary school. It was a humbling experience. The math and reading was ok, but everything I thought I knew about personal relationships was turned on its ear. My point is, anyone who knows a teacher (hello, Mrs. Galvan!) knows that they teach social responsibility [...]

Current Employment Goes (Pale) Green!

The guys were going to join in the Blog Action Day festivities by writing a big post on qui-tam actions under the Federal Claims Act and their viability as stop-gaps in environmental protection. Then the Saints won last night and now all I’ve got is this list of resources for environmental whistleblowers, which they think [...]