Last Thursday, April 25, Lynne Bernabei joined John A. Damico, Hon, Theresa C. Buchanan and Joseph P. Esposito at a forum hosted by the ABA discussing ethical standards and duties when dealing with expert witnesses. Click here for the written accompaniment material, titled Ethics & Experts – What you May Not Know That [...]
Continue Reading →Lynne Bernabei was interviewed on Federal News Radio about the new security clearance guidelines recently issued by the Director of National Intelligence. Under these guidelines, victims of sexual assault will no longer have to disclose any mental health counseling they received after being assaulted. In the past, such disclosures could prevent or delay [...]
Continue Reading →Lynne Bernabei was interviewed on Federal News Radio, discussing the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Kloeckner v. Solis, in which the Supreme Court made clear that federal employees with both discrimination claims and adverse personnel actions could bring their discrimination claims in the U.S. district courts.
More importantly, if they [...]
Continue Reading →Lynne Bernabei recently gave a Continuing Legal Education presentation to the D.C. Bar on “Emerging Trends in Caregiving, Pregnancy, and Family Responsibilities Discrimination: The Intersection of FMLA, ADA, and PDA.” The course materials discussed the problems that employees in the workplace have arising out of both pregnancy and family care issues. These issues [...]
Continue Reading →The 2012 edition of “Washington, D.C. and Baltimore’s Top Rated Lawyers,” created by LexisNexis / Martindale-Hubbell, and distributed with the National Law Journal, listed Lynne Bernabei and Dave Wachtel as among the top lawyers for Labor and Employment law and Alan Kabat as among the top lawyers for Civil Law.
Continue Reading →On October 2, Lynne Bernabei was interviewed by Federal News Radio about the amendments to the federal Whistleblower Protection Act that the House of Representatives recently approved, and which the Senate is expected to approve. Lynne explained how the amendments will improve the protection available to most federal employees who [...]
Continue Reading →The Associated Press recently reported on the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Berry v. Conyers and Northover, in which the court held that federal employees could not obtain judicial review of the denial of their security clearances, even if their positions did not require [...]
Continue Reading →Social media is always in the news, and it is becoming increasingly important in employment law, due to the intersection between employees’ use of social media and employers’ desire to control the workplace. In June, Lynne Bernabei gave a presentation at the annual meeting of the National Employment Lawyers Association, which covered (1) [...]
Continue Reading →Once again, the Super Lawyers has listed Lynne Bernabei, David Wachtel, and Alan Kabat as among the top attorneys in the Washington, D.C. area for employment litigation. Lynne was also listed as one of the “Top 100” lawyers in Washington, D.C., based on a vote by her peers. This was also [...]
Continue Reading →Lynne Bernabei will be a panelist at the latest Arabesque Lecture Series hosted by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
The lecture, titled “NYPD: The Community Under a Microscope”, will take place on March 28th, 2012, from 6:30 to 8 pm at the ADC Heritage Center. Panelists will discuss the NYPD’s actions, the legality of their actions, [...]
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