Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. 5/14/26 Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. 5/14/26

Board Clarifies Standard for Charges of Failure to Cooperate in Absence of Kalkines Warning

Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. 5/7/26 Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. 5/7/26

The Use of a Geofence Warrant in Argument before the Supreme Court

Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. 4/30/26 Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. 4/30/26

MSPB Allows Pecuniary Compensatory Damages for Adverse Tax Consequences of Back Pay Awards

Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. 4/16/26 Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. 4/16/26

MSPB Upholds “At-Will Article II Removals” Despite Conflict with CSRA

Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. 3/26/26 Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. 3/26/26

New FMLA Request Requirements for Federal Employees

Michael J. Sgarlat 11/16/23 Michael J. Sgarlat 11/16/23

11th Circuit: Complying with the Spirit of Internal Directives When Reviewing Potentially Privileged Material at the Border Safeguards Fourth Amendment Protections

Victoria E. Grieshammer 6/29/23 Victoria E. Grieshammer 6/29/23

What Happens if You Don’t Meet Your Filing Deadline? Find Out When a Deadline can be Extended Through Equitable Tolling

James P. Garay Heelan 6/22/23 James P. Garay Heelan 6/22/23

LEO’s May Need to Consider Victim’s Perspective Before Using Deadly Force

Michael J. Sgarlat 6/1/23 Michael J. Sgarlat 6/1/23

Third Circuit Declines To Extend Bivens To Agent Conducting Counterintelligence Investigation

Victoria E. Grieshammer 5/18/23 Victoria E. Grieshammer 5/18/23

Federal Circuit Clarifies Statutory Requirements for Differential Pay When Federal Employees are Called to Active Duty

James P. Garay Heelan 5/11/23 James P. Garay Heelan 5/11/23

Multi-Officer ‘Search’ Challenge Before the Supreme Court

Michael J. Sgarlat 5/4/23 Michael J. Sgarlat 5/4/23

Supreme Court to Reconsider Chevron

Armed with the account identifiers, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) sought search warrants requiring Facebook to disclose various records and voluntarily disclosed information.

James P. Garay Heelan 4/13/23 James P. Garay Heelan 4/13/23

DOJ Proposes New FBI Whistleblower Protection Regulations

Michael J. Sgarlat 3/30/23 Michael J. Sgarlat 3/30/23

Supreme Court to Consider Petition for Writ of Certiorari to Clarify the Parameters of an Excessive Force Claim

Armed with the account identifiers, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) sought search warrants requiring Facebook to disclose various records and voluntarily disclosed information.

James P. Garay Heelan 3/23/23 James P. Garay Heelan 3/23/23

MSPB Clarifies Agency Obligations for Fulfilling Interim Relief Orders When An Appellant is Unable to Work

James P. Garay Heelan 2/2/23 James P. Garay Heelan 2/2/23

Prohibit Acquitted Conduct From Enhancing Criminal Penalties, Petition Asks Supreme Court

A convicted criminal with support from politically conservative organizations has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to “put an end” to the judicial practice of enhancing criminal penalties based on jury-acquitted conduct.

Victoria E. Grieshammer 1/19/23 Victoria E. Grieshammer 1/19/23

Ninth Circuit Puts Egbert On Full Display In Declining to Extend Bivens

Victoria E. Grieshammer 12/8/22 Victoria E. Grieshammer 12/8/22

Federal Circuit Weighs FLSA Timeliness Requirements for Employee Pay During Government Shutdowns

Victoria E. Grieshammer 11/3/22 Victoria E. Grieshammer 11/3/22

The Board Reverses Administrative Judge’s Penalty Mitigation in Sexual Misconduct Case

Michael J. Sgarlat 9/2/21 Michael J. Sgarlat 9/2/21

Sixth Circuit Holds that Suspicionless Chalking Car Tires for Parking Enforcement Violates the Fourth Amendment

Saginaw, a city in Michigan, chalked car tires to enforce parking regulations. Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit considered whether suspicionless tire chalking is a valid administrative search.