<p>Rockyroo, I am sorry this happened to you. I don’t know what your rights are in this situation. I’ve never heard of a university contacting an employer for anything. There is usually a hands off distance between the two. So what you have here is an atypical arrangement. Is this a special program or a tech college of sorts? So much depends on the relationship. When my employer reimbursed me for college courses, I just had to let them know I was taking the course to make sure they approved it for reimbursement and then sent in the grade for reimbursement. They never checked up on anything in between. That’s the way it usually works. </p>
<p>You need to find an attorney that understands this sort of thing and see if any impropriety was done and if your rights are violated. It truly doesn’t sound right to me. Hopefully, you can come to some resolution with this.</p>
<p>You say you consulted lawyers but they don’t want to take up the case because its a big university. Is that what they told you or did they say you didn’t have a strong enough case and this is your interpretation of why you can’t find a lawyer? </p>
<p>Seems a bit bizarre since so many employers are corporations that are well funded but there seems to be no shortage of lawyers willing to sue them. I know someone right now who was fired from Sony and in his tiny town found several folks willing to take his case. </p>
<p>Clearly they must have told you whether you even have a valid a case or not…far more than us anonymous non-lawyer strangers can tell you. So why are you asking us if you already went to see more than a few professionals on this?</p>
<p>I agree, you cheated on a test that your employer was essentially paying for. Check your paperwork but I bet somewhere in that fineprint you signed a release that allows the college to disclose information especially if it doesn’t stipulate only the final grade. I also agree with starbright that if lawyers are not interested your case is probably weak. As far as the employer goes from their perspective you cheated on a test why would they think you might not cheat on something else?</p>
<p>Most attorneys I know will take on any defendant IF they think the case is good/strong enough. If they don’t want it for any reason, they will come up with a ton of excuses. I know attorneys who have taken on our department of education, the US department of defense, and just about anyone you can think of & often won! The prestige of the defendant would not be a disqualification for a good case.</p>
<p>I’d learn & move on rather than trying to shift the blame here. If you were alert enough to be taking an exam WITH drugs in your system, you were alert enough not to leave your notes lying around while you’re taking a test. Poor excuses don’t sound great online–they sound feeble.</p>