Judges and Judiciary,
Government
Mar. 7, 2025
US judge presses DOJ on federal employee firings
During a sometimes contentious hearing, Senior U.S. District Judge William Alsup warned that federal government officials must comply with court orders. The case pits labor unions against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, with the Trump administration's policies on the mass termination of probationary employees under scrutiny.
Senior U.S. District Judge William Alsup of San Francisco gave neither the Trump administration nor labor unions represented by Altshuler Berzon LLP exactly what they wanted during a Thursday hearing in a case involving the firing of probationary federal employees.
Altshuler Berzon attorney Danielle E. Leonard accused the U.S. Department of Justice of defying Alsup's order requiring the Office of Personnel Management's acting director, Charles Ezell, to appear at an eviden...
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