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A government agency is not liable for retaliation for firing an executive for insubordination. The executive had launched an investigation into corruption without permission and continued it after being told to stop. A federal appeals court ruled [1] that the executive would have been “suspended and then terminated even absent any retaliatory intent.”


A government agency is not liable for retaliation for firing an executive for insubordination. The executive had launched an investigation into corruption without permission and continued it after being told to stop. A federal appeals court ruled [1] that the executive would have been “suspended and then terminated even absent any retaliatory intent.”


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[1] http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-2nd-circuit/1551194.html