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Cut through the jargon and get the clarity you need to stay a step ahead of agency politics. Each article unpacks new policy shifts, court rulings, and workplace trends, then turns them into actionable tactics—so you can head off discipline, invoke EEO or whistleblower protections with confidence, and keep your documentation airtight. We also archive our most popular social-media explainer threads here, giving you the same insights followed by more than 150,000 people online even if you never scroll on those sites. Read, prepare, and keep your federal career firmly in your control.
Last week, while many federal employees waited anxiously for the Supreme Court’s decision on the nationwide RIF freeze, the Court quietly handed down a ruling with enormous implications for how our go...
Southworth PC is expanding. As a boutique law firm dedicated solely to defending federal employees when agencies violate their rights, we’ve made a strategic choice: while federal agencies force emplo...
Federal employees woke up to rare good news this Monday. The Senate released its latest text for the giant reconciliation bill – and nearly every proposed cut to your pay, pension, and union rights ha...
Last Friday’s Supreme Court decision in Trump v. CASA may feel distant from your day-to-day work as a federal employee. But its impact is immediate – particularly if you’re watching agency policies or...
Today, while training to better serve federal employees, I received powerful news: our team secured a unanimous six-figure jury verdict for a client in federal court. From starting this firm solo to s...
The Supreme Court issued a significant decision in Trump v. Casa last week, holding that district courts cannot issue universal injunctions blocking federal policies nationwide unless Congress clearly...
Federal employees may soon face a staggering increase in pension contributions. According to draft legislative text reported by Politico, Senate Republicans are considering raising pension deductions ...
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether nationwide injunctions blocking reductions in force (RIFs) will remain or fall. This means within hours, you may learn your position is protected – or ...
Today is June 26, 2025, and if you’ve been waiting for key Supreme Court rulings affecting your federal employment or broader constitutional rights, tomorrow may bring clarity.
This morning, the Cour...
For federal employees anxiously watching legal developments around the nationwide RIF injunctions, today—Thursday, June 26, 2025—could be pivotal. Not necessarily because of a direct ruling on the red...
On June 17, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued an 18-page directive that quietly rewrites the performance rules for all civil service employees—GS-5s to SES alike. While it may not have m...
On June 24, 2025, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a sweeping final rule: Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service. This rule scraps the older “silent pass” framework a...
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