Karen Read, U.S. District Court Judge

Judges Have Ordered Federal Workers Back on the Job. Now What?
Fired employees expressed excitement about the prospect of reinstatement, as well as back pay. But there’s no template for ...
A judge ordered federal agencies to stop terminating probationary workers, but that doesn’t mean they’ll be safe for long
Good morning! Thousands of federal workers got their jobs back yesterday, a month after the Office of Personnel Management ...
Judge orders thousands of federal workers reinstated; slams ‘sham’ government declaration
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of probationary employees fired last ...
Federal Judge Considers Blocking DOGE From Accessing Social Security Data of Millions of Americans
A federal judge is considering whether to temporarily block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing ...
Judge orders 6 agencies to rehire fired federal probationary workers after "unlawful" terminations
U.S. District Judge William Alsup extended relief to fired workers at the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, ...
Retired federal judge Edward F. Harrington dies at 91
For years as the top-ranking federal prosecutor in Massachusetts, Edward F. Harrington targeted some of the region’s most ...
Federal judge appears skeptical probationary firings were for performance
A federal judge repeatedly sounded skeptical that mass firings of probationary federal workers were made by the government ...