Austin Employment Lawyer

Two former employees have filed a lawsuit against the Texas Education Agency, claiming they were fired over political controversy rather than poor job performance. Jim Lyde and James Catazaro were both offered job in the inspector general’s office in 2006, the year it was created to investigate possible fraud and corruption within the Texas educational [...]

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In the wake of damage done by Hurricane Ike, which struck Galveston on September 13 and caused widespread destruction of property, the University of Texas has terminated 3,000 jobs at the medical school in Galveston (the state’s oldest). According to UT officials, the $40 million per month spent on the damage done to the institution [...]

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Producer Jon Peters, who is widely known for hits such as ‘Superman Returns’, is facing charges of sexual harassment by the co-producer of his latest Superman movie, Brian Quintana. Quintanta’s lawsuit makes a variety of shocking allegations, stating that Peters physically and non-consensually groped Quintana and encouraged other male employees to do the same and [...]

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