Dave Albo – Attorney

Question:  What is “employment at will?”  Does this mean that I have no rights if I’m fired for a bad reason? Answer:  “Employment at Will” is the general concept that the employment arrangement is voluntary.  The employer can fire…

Question:  I can only sleep two to four hours a night.  A doctor says I can work only eight hours a day as a result of this.  My employer says they’ll fire me if I don’t agree to work…

When a Registered Nurse’s supervisor called her a “drunk” and fired her, despite being aware of the nurse’s previous drug and alcohol addiction, the nurse brought a discriminatory discharge claim against the hospital pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities…

Conventional wisdom says no, but recent legal decisions suggest that it may be possible if the settlement is in good faith.  (These decisions have analyzed the terms of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA or Act) that prevent an…

Question:  I was charged with DUI and Refusal.  Is Virginia’s Refusal law constitutional?  I never affirmatively agreed to a breath test — Virginia just “implied” my consent and now I’m being punished for revoking a consent I never actually…

Here is another win for small-business contractors from the Court of Federal Claims. In an effort to save its contract from a small-business set-aside for which it was ineligible, an incumbent contractor, Dynamic Educational Systems, Inc., (“Dynamic”) filed a…

Two businesses (Bar Norfolk and Have a Nice Day Cafe) were operating as restaurant/bars in Hampton Roads, Virginia.  They had been operating under a blanket special exception to the zoning ordinance.  After some ABC violations, the City later revoked…

A government agency took corrective action in a series of incremental steps over the course of many months to address a contractor’s pre-award bid protests. (“Corrective action” means that the agency fixes the problems of which the protester complains).…

Miles Construction is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (“SDVOSB”).  As such, it enjoys priority when bidding on some federal government contracts.  It bid on a contract for the repair of a storm sewer at the Coatesville, Pennsylvania VA Medical Center that…

This case is a good checklist for contractors upset at being left out of a sole source procurement. Innovation Development Enterprises of America, Inc. (IDEA) complained that the United States Air Force violated the Competition in Contracting Act when…