Margaret Cassidy was a panelist at the ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting CLE in Austin, TX this past September. Privileged to talk privilege at the ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting with my friends and colleagues, Laura K. Schwalbe with Harter Secrest & Emery LLP and Angelle Smith Baugh with Covington & Burling LLP….
The Federal Government wants employees of contractors and subcontract and independent contractors to disclose to the government instances of fraud, waste, abuse of authority; violations of law, regulations or policies; or substantial and specific danger to public health or safety. Once someone makes a disclosure of this nature, laws and regulations protect them so they…