Employee Free Speech Rights

July 1, 2011 | Article

Public Employees First Amendment Rights Upheld By Ninth Circuit; School District Employee Engaged in Protected Speech When She Sat Next To Colleague at Board Meeting

We have commented previously about the First Amendment free speech rights of public employees.  In Nichols v...

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April 7, 2011 | Article

Employee Free Speech – Backing the Wrong Candidate Can Get You Fired If You Are A Policy Maker

The factual scenario in Bardzik v. County of Orange is a familiar one.  Jeffrey...

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November 11, 2009 | Article

State Court Follows Federal Precedent in Employee Free Speech Case

The California Court of Appeal has adopted the federal free speech standard in a state case involving a county law librarian who wrote a scathing email about his superiors and was terminated...

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