FIRE joined 11 organizations in filing an amici curiae (“friends of the court”) brief in Barnes v. Zaccari, asking the Eleventh Circuit to reverse a federal district court’s September 2010 ruling against former Valdosta State University student Hayden Barnes.
Assisted by the American Center for Law and Justice, a UCLA professor filed a federal lawsuit alleging the university refused to reappoint him after he engaged in successful whistleblowing against a member of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences.
The Valdosta Daily Times has more from inside the courtroom proceedings, highlighting Bob Corn-Revere's argument on behalf of former Valdosta State University student Hayden Barnes.
In a new blog entry for The Huffington Post, FIRE President Greg Lukianoff discusses this month's federal district court victory for former Valdosta State University student T. Hayden Barnes.
A higher education reporter for California Watch has drawn further attention to the case of a UCLA faculty member who has faced retaliation at because of his research and activism in the area of air pollution research.
Check out this very interesting article by Scott Jaschik in today’s Inside Higher Education about the Phantom Blogger who may have lost her job because of her online frankness.
