Program - March 9, 2012 |
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8:00 - 8:30 |
Breakfast and Registration Garrett Townes Auditorium, South Texas College of Law |
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| 8:30 - 8:40 |
Welcoming Remarks Don Guter, President, Dean, and Professor of Law, STCL |
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| 8:40 - 8:50 | Introduction Richard Carlson, Professor of Law, STCL |
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| 8:50 - 9:20 | Whistleblower Protections Under Federal Law Dennis Duffy, Baker Botts L.L.P. |
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| 9:20 - 9:50 | Trying a Sabine Pilot Wrongful Discharge Case Ken Hughes, Hughes Roch L.L.P. |
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| 9:50 - 10:00 | Break |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 | Investigation of Employee Complaints of Wrongdoing Teresa Valderrama, Jackson Lewis, and Elizabeth Ferrell, AT&T |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | The Texas Whistleblower Act Teri Danish, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Reflections of an Attorney Whistleblower Jesselyn Radack, Government Accountability Project (GAP) |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 | Lunch |
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| 12:00 - 1:30 | GAP’s American Whistleblower Tour: Essential Voices for Accountability Whistleblowers: Kenneth Kendrick(formerly of the Peanut Corporation America); Rick Piltz (formerly of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program) |
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| 1:30 - 1:40 | Break |
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| 1:40 - 2:20 | The Decision to Blow the Whistle—How Does One Decide? Kimberly Kirkland, Professor of law, University of New Hampshire School of Law |
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| 2:20 - 3:00 | States of Pay: Emerging Trends in Whistleblower Bounty Legislation Geoffrey Rapp, Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law |
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| 3:00 - 3:40 | Whistleblower Protections for Scientific and Laboratory Employees Jarod Gonzalez, Professor of Law, Texas Tech School of Law |
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| 3:40 - 3:50 | Break |
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| 3:50 - 4:30 | Virtual Whistleblowing Miriam Cherry, Professor of Law, Saint Louis University School of Law |
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| 4:30 - 5:10 | Linking Detection and Prevention: How Behavioral Research Informs Policy Design Orly Lobel, Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law |
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| 5:10 - 5:30 | Conclusion Richard Carlson, Professor of Law, STCL |
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