Two Dissenters Push Back on Federal Circuit’s Denial of Braun v. HHS Rehearing
We previously reported on the Federal Circuit’s December 21, 2020 opinion in Braun v. HHS, a case where the appeals court found that HHS could utilize its generic “for cause” procedures to terminate tenured scientists for at least some performance-based reasons, despite the existence of a performance process requiring additional process for “de-tenuring” prior to termination.
Preselection Coupled With Service Discrimination Violates USERRA, Rules Federal Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit described the litigation of a case it adjudicated on May 14, 2021 as “the decade-long journey of a hard-working man who served his country honorably, only to face workplace discrimination on the basis of that service.”