Federal Whistleblower's "Right to Disobey" Applies Only to Orders That Employee Take Action Barred by Statute, Not Regulation | Practical Law
In Rainey v. MSPB, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the "right-to-disobey" provision of the Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA) applies only to orders that require a federal employee to take an action prohibited by a statute, and not to orders to take an action prohibited by a rule or regulation.