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VOA Reinstatement Signals Limits on Agency Shutdowns administrative procedure act agency shutdowns due process federal employment voice of america Mar 19, 2026

A federal judge’s decision to reinstate more than 1,000 Voice of America employees is more than a headline. It is a sharp reminder that federal agencies cannot dismantle core operations on instinct, p...

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Boston Judge Halts RFK Jr. Vaccine Overhaul administrative procedure act federal agency procedure federal employment hhs workforce vaccine policy Mar 18, 2026

On March 16, 2026, U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston issued a 45-page order blocking key parts of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent vaccine-policy overhaul. The ruling stayed 13...

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Schedule Policy/Career Lawsuit: The Three Comments Problem administrative procedure act federal employment federal workforce policy mspb rights schedule policy career Mar 11, 2026

Federal employees following the controversy around Schedule Policy/Career already understand the stakes. The rule allows agencies to reclassify certain career positions into a new category that remove...

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Lawsuit Challenges Schedule Policy/Career Rule administrative procedure act civil service law federal employment federal workforce rights schedule policy career Mar 09, 2026

A coalition of major labor and watchdog organizations—including AFGE, AFSCME, the AFL-CIO, and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility—recently strengthened their legal challenge to Schedule...

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Court Filings Seek Full Injunction to Halt Shutdown RIFs administrative procedure act federal employment mspb appeals preliminary injunction shutdown rifs Oct 23, 2025

Federal employees, the plaintiffs in the shutdown-RIF lawsuit are now asking the court to extend its temporary restraining order (TRO) into a Preliminary Injunction—a longer-term safeguard that would ...

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Probationary Federal Employees Challenge OSC in Court administrative procedure act federal employment mspb appeals osc lawsuit probationary employees Sep 12, 2025

Five former federal employees filed suit yesterday against the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), alleging the agency abandoned its duty to protect them from prohibited personnel practices. These p...

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Footnote 10: What SCOTUS’s Injunction Ruling Means for Federal RIFs administrative procedure act federal employment nationwide injunctions rif notices supreme court rulings Jun 27, 2025

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...

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