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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 | 4 min read | 03.04.26

Sixth Circuit Finds EFAA Arbitration Bar to Entire Case — Not Just Sexual Harassment Claims

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held, in an issue of first impression for that court, that the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (EFAA) renders an employer’s pre-dispute arbitration agreement unenforceable as to a plaintiff's entire lawsuit, whenever the lawsuit includes a viable sexual harassment claim....