Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Civil Litigation
Nov. 16, 2021
Ex state beverage control attorney loses whistleblower suit
Dean R. Lueders, represented by Siegel, Yee, Brunner & Mehta in Oakland, was a staff attorney for the regulatory agency from 2001 until 2016. He said he was fired after drawing attention to improper communications between the agency’s prosecutors and its director.
A Sacramento County jury rejected whistleblower retaliation claims brought by a former attorney for the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
Dean R. Lueders was a staff attorney for the regulatory agency from 2001 until 2016. He said he was fired after drawing attention to improper communications between the agency's prosecutors and its director. The agency dismissed more than 200 cases after similar ex parte communications ...
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