Many employers require employees to sign arbitration agreements as a condition of employment. At least for now, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld workers’ right to refuse to sign away their right to sue in court – a huge, although perhaps temporary, blow to arbitration clauses in...
With a new presidential administration and new local government officials taking office across the country, it is a prime opportunity to make real strides to end police brutality and law enforcement corruption. In addition to passing reforms and new laws, true change will require those inside law enforcement to...
Certain whistleblower laws require the whistleblower to show that they provided non-public information in order to receive a whistleblower award. This requirement leads many prospective whistleblowers to ask whether they can be a whistleblower after being fired. A fired employee can be a whistleblower. In fact, fired employees are sometimes...