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Troopers Lose Post-Janus Attorney Fee Case

Attorney Fees, Janus, Public Safety Labor NewsBy Will Aitchison August 6, 2022

A group of current and former Connecticut state troopers filed suit in 2015 against the Connecticut State Police Union and various state officials alleging that the Union violated their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by deducting union fees from their pay even after they withdrew from union membership. While the lawsuit was pending, the Supreme…

Pension Benefits Not Offset By Workers’ Comp Attorney Fees

Attorney Fees, Pension, Public Safety Labor News, Retirement and Pension, Workers’ CompensationBy Will Aitchison February 11, 2022

Heather Bass was a Kansas City, Missouri police officer who sustained a duty-related injury in January 2008. Because of the injury, she was retired by the Department and became eligible to receive duty-related disability pension benefits from the City’s Police Retirement System. Bass also filed a worker’s compensation claim and hired an attorney to represent…

Officer Required To Pay City’s Attorney Fees

Attorney Fees, Public Safety Labor NewsBy Will Aitchison January 3, 2020

Michael Marciano is an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. In 2014 and 2015, Marciano was a patrol officer in the North Hollywood Division. Marciano had problems with his supervisors, his performance, his purported lack of issuing citations, and his desire to be assigned to a partner the Department wished to separate him from…

City Required To Pay Attorney Fees Of Union President

Attorney Fees, Public Safety Labor NewsBy Will Aitchison January 10, 2019

Michael Carter is a member of the Shreveport Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board as well as the President of the Shreveport Police Officers Association. On September 14, 2015, Carter served public records requests upon the City. When his requests were not satisfied, he brought a lawsuit against the City and the Shreveport Police…

Candidate For Police Chief Position Must Pay Town’s Attorney’s Fees

Attorney Fees, Public Safety Labor NewsBy Marc Fuller March 1, 2010

Ricky Fox and Billy Ray Vice were candidates for the position of Chief of Police in the Town of Vinton, Louisiana. The Town elects its police chiefs, and Vice was the incumbent. While the two were campaigning, two events occurred that eventually led to a federal court lawsuit. The first event happened in January 2005,…

Troopers Lose Post-Janus Attorney Fee Case

Pension Benefits Not Offset By Workers’ Comp Attorney Fees

Officer Required To Pay City’s Attorney Fees

City Required To Pay Attorney Fees Of Union President

Candidate For Police Chief Position Must Pay Town’s Attorney’s Fees

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