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Whistleblower Protections Are Here to Stay

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 12.29.16

President Obama has signed Public Law 114-261, which makes permanent the current whistleblower protection pilot program and standardizes its protections across agencies. In this blog post, Crowell & Moring lawyers David Robbins and Christine Hawes revisit best practices and current developments in defending whistleblower reprisal investigations run by Offices of Inspectors General.

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Client Alert | 5 min read | 07.28.26

Data Centers in the Crosshairs: The Plaintiffs' Bar Has Begun Filing New Claims Using Old Tricks

The rapid buildout of AI infrastructure has placed data centers at the heart of a new and expanding wave of class action litigation. Over the past several months, plaintiffs’ firms with significant experience in mass tort and environmental class actions have begun recruiting plaintiffs and filing lawsuits against data center operators, alleging that noise generated by their facilities — from cooling systems, diesel generators, and HVAC equipment — constitutes a public and private nuisance and reflects actionable negligence. Companies currently operating or constructing data centers near residential communities should treat this as a material and growing legal risk....