Monday, November 30th, 2009
At Will Employment and Drue Pearce
The recent resignation of Drue Pearce, the federal Coordinator of Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects, followed the issuance of a legal opinion by the Office of Legal Counsel that concluded that her employment was “at will.”
This conclusion followed, under federal law, despite her statutorily-confirmed “fixed term” and ”independence” of her office. The U. S. Supreme Court has held […]
