LGLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Extortion, Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Missouri Military Academy
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Edward snowden: worked for the government computer system and saw an agency violating part of the law (listening in on phone calls); released it through wikileaks. Angered surrounding countries; put agent"s lives at risk. They were going to arrest/try his for espionage; fled to russia. Whistleblower protection act of 1989 protects federal employees who report fraud, waste, and fraud within the government. Pa also has a law that provides no employer may discharge or retaliate against an employee because of a good faith report of wrongdoing or waste. Keveney v. missouri military academy: facts of the case: Plaintiff observed bruises on a student and reported his observations to the school administrators who refused to report the bruises to family services; he was told that he would be fired if he reported it to family services. Is a contracted employee allowed to pursue a cause of action for wrongful discharge: court ruling:
