According to the Washington Examiner, a D.C. jury awarded Sean McLaughlin damages for retaliation in violation of the DC Whistleblower Protection Act. McLaughlin alleged D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier, a district commander at the time, threatened police officers with “consequences” if they pursued their claims that the police department’s off-duty reimbursable overtime security detail at [...]
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DC Jury Finds Police Chief Retaliated Against Whistleblower
September 2nd, 2010 · No Comments
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Judge Rules D.C. Whistleblower Protection Act Amendment Retroactive
August 27th, 2010 · No Comments
According to the Government Accountability Project’s blog, D.C. Superior Court Judge Leonard Braman held that a recent amendment to the D.C. Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA) exempting whistleblowers from the requirement of notifying the District of a claim within six months of the adverse employment action should apply retroactively. Therefore, the notice requirement in D.C. Code [...]
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DC City Council Unanimously Approves the DC Whistleblower Protection Amendment Act of 2009
December 17th, 2009 · No Comments
Monday, the DC Council approved the Whistleblower Protection Amendment Act of 2009, which strengthens the DC Whistleblower Protection Act (DC Code § 1-615.51 et seq.) and The Employees of District Contractors and Instrumentality Whistleblower Protection Act of 1998 (DC Code § 2-223.01 et seq.). The Whistleblower Protection Amendment Act of 2009 eliminates loopholes in the [...]
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TELG Client Wins over $282,000 Against UDC in Jury Trial
October 26th, 2009 · No Comments
On October 22, 2009, a D.C. Superior Court awarded Colin Browne over $282,000 for his former employer’s violations of the D.C. Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA). This is one of the highest awards under the D.C. WPA to date. The award comes after a 5 day jury trial. We first blogged about the verdict in Mr. Browne’s [...]
Tags: D.C. Whistleblower Protection Act · Public Employee Whistleblower Protection · Retaliation · The Employment Law Group, P.C. · The Employment Law Group, PC · Whistleblower Protection Act
D.C. Whistleblower Wins Verdict Against UDC at Trial
October 8th, 2009 · No Comments
On October 6, 2009, a jury in the District of Columbia decided in favor of D.C. Whistleblower Colin Browne in the case of Browne v. University of District of Columbia. In the suit, Colin Browne alleged that his former employer, the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) violated the D.C. Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA) [...]
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D.C. District Court Rejects Employer’s Attempt to Carve New Loopholes Into Whistleblower Protection Statutes
September 17th, 2009 · No Comments
Affirming a jury’s finding that Mohammed Kakeh, a Controller for the United Planning Organization (“UPO”) was terminated for his refusal to engage in fraudulent billing and for providing information to the Office of Inspector General, Judge Kessler rejected several arguments by UPO that would undermine the statutory whistleblower protections under which Kakeh brought his claim, [...]
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