Section 554.001 - Definitions

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  1. RECENT EMPLOYMENT LAW CASES

    Wash & Thomas, AttorneysDanny WashMarch 17, 2014

    The Supreme Court disagreed stating that the case raised a familiar issue: whether a report of alleged violations of law is jurisdictionally insufficient if made to someone charged only with internal compliance. TEX. GOV’T CODE § 554.001 et seq. The court stated that a few months before, in University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Gentilello, they held that such reports cannot support an objective, good-faith belief that the reported-to official is an “appropriate law-enforcement authority” under the Act.