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August 16, 2010
Mortgage Madness
President Obama's flagship mortgage-modification program is a colossal failure -- it's a boondoggle that's wasting billions of taxpayer dollars. Click to read article. |
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August 9, 2010
Fannie Mae Critic Sues Over Firing
A former Fannie Mae contractor is alleging in a lawsuit that the company fired and blackballed her after she became critical of the company's implementation of the Obama administration's loan-modification program. Click to read article. |
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August 6, 2010
Federal Aid Program Failing Homeowners
A Fannie Mae consultant says she was fired after revealing that the troubled financial institution was hindering — not helping — homeowners in trouble. The former executive says Fannie Mae put improving its own bottom line ahead of an Obama administration program's goal of helping homeowners avoid foreclosure. Click to read article. |
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August 4, 2010
Lynne Bernabei, David Wachtel and Alan Kabat have been listed in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. For 28 years, Best Lawyers has come to be regarded – by both the legal profession and the public – as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the U.S. The new 2011 Best Lawyers, our 17th edition, is based on a rigorous national survey involving more than 3.1 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. |
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June 15, 2010
Congratulations to Bernabei & Wachtel, PLLC, who have earned selection to the 2010 Lawdragon Top 3000. Their work in, and dedication to, the legal profession is honored and commended by being selected for the most elite list of the nation's top attorneys. Inclusion in the Top 3000 indicates true leadership in the profession. |
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April 16, 2010
Local television station, WTVO, interviewed Matt Simon concerning his safety concerns and his termination as a result of raising these safety concerns. Other employees have come forward with similar concerns after the television show. Click to read article. |
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April 5, 2010
The Chicago Tribune wrote about Matt Simon, a Bernabei & Wachtel client, who was a guard and weapons trainer at a nuclear power plant in Illinois. Mr. Simon was fired after he complained about security problems, including filing false security reports, failing to provide proper training and equipment to the guards, and pressuring the supervisors to qualify trainees in order to keep the failure rates low. The case is now pending before the U.S. Department of Labor. |
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April 2, 2010
On March 31, 2010, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker issued a ruling in favor of the Al Haramain Islamic Foundation, Inc. (USA), and two of its attorneys, in their challenge to the warrantless wiretapping. Our firm represents the foundation in other lawsuits. The New York Times described the ruling in a front-page story, and the New York Times subsequently discussed the possible responses by the administration. The Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal also covered this decision and its consequences. |
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April 1, 2010
Al Haramain and Lawyers Win Summary Judgment on Claims of Warrantless Wiretapping |
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March 17, 2010
A demonstration was held outside George Washington University Hospital on Friday, March 5, 2010, to protest the firing of Rabbi Tamara Miller for public statements made in the course of her ministering to the family of slain Holocaust Museum security guard Stephen Johns. Demanding her reinstatement, Pastor John McCoy emphasized the way in which Rabbi Miller had brought the African American and Jewish communities together at this tragic time. Rabbi Herzfeld also spoke at the rally. See Article.
Rabbi Miller and Pastor McCoy spoke on the Kojo Nnamdi program on Thursday, March 11, 2010. Here are two links to access the program. The first allows you to listen to the audio; the second is the description of the interview.
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March 12, 2010
Lynne has been featured as one of the Top 50 Women Attorneys In The Washington, D.C., Metro Area, in the March 2010 issue of DC Magazine as part of their Super Lawyers' section. |
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January 21, 2010
The Daily Washington Law Reporter, using football metaphors, reported on the Superior Court’s recent decision in denying the NFL Players’ Association’s attempt to prevent a former employee, our firm’s client, from using information that she learned during her employment in order to support her discrimination claims against her employer. The newspaper summarized the opinion in Moran v. NFL Players Association:
“An association of professional football players attempted to turn their defensive position into an aggressive offense by seeking a Preliminary Injunction against the Plaintiff that would have effectively removed the ball from play in this case. In response to the Plaintiff’s suit for gender discrimination and retaliation, the players filed a Motion for a Preliminary Injunction in an attempted interference with the Plaintiff’s effort to pass information via her complaint. This play gained them no ground when the Trial Judge flagged them based on the analogous penalty of ‘encroachment’ (crossing the line of scrimmage, though without touching an opposing player, before the ball is snapped). . . . Based on these calls, on fourth and 40 the Movant was left with no realistic alternative except to punt.” |
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January 21, 2010
Lynne Bernabei was quoted in an article on Law360, “EEOC To Get More Aggressive In 2010, Lawyers Say.” Lynne noted that most of the EEOC’s settlements were sex discrimination cases, because they are among the easiest to win, and the EEOC “tends to go for those cases where they think the courts will be hospitable.”
She also expressed her hope that the EEOC would now be willing to expand its scope, given its increased resources, concluding that “It would be great if the EEOC got out in front on national origin cases...they could move the envelope” on that issue. |
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January 9, 2010
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Investigations (NRC OI), in January and July 2009, issued two investigative reports. These reports found that the two employees at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (Alabama), operated by Tennessee Valley Authority, were discriminated against for their whistleblowing activity.
According to the Federal Register for December 30, 2009, the NRC OI “concluded that a [Senior Assessor] was discriminated against for raising concerns regarding the independence of his manager.” The NRC OI also “concluded that the [maintenance mechanic] was discriminated against for raising concerns regarding the licensee’s compliance with its Fitness for Duty program.” In response to the NRC OI investigations, TVA agreed to take various remedial measures, as set forth in the Federal Register.
Bernabei & Wachtel represented one of these whistleblowers in pursuing his claims. |
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