Heller, Huron, Chertkof, and Salzman represented Melodi Navab-Safavi, a contractor for the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) who was fired after appearing in a music video protesting the Iraq war. The Court sided with Melodi and denied the defendants' motion to dismiss, so Navab-Safavi's case against the BBG will proceed.
In a favorable trial court decision this week, Testimony by Judith Barnett regarding her denied ability to promotion due to wrongful firing will be considered by the presiding jury.
The trial court announces favorable rulling, permitting sex discrimination claim to go foward to trial against the chief executives of Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
Firm successfully overturns the grant of summary judgment to the employer in an age and sex discrimination case against a large international consulting firm.
President Obama selects Carolyn Lerner to head the U.S. Office of Special Counsel. The OSC is the federal investigative and prosecutorial agency whose primary mission is to safeguard the merit principles in federal employment and to protect whistleblowers from retaliation.