OK, so I was enjoying taking off the last few days of the year with the intention of firing up the old blog in early January. Then all of a sudden a news story comes across one of my feeds telling me that some lawyer has filed a notice of intention to file a claim […]
In a case that establishes the potential results of violating State wage and hour laws, refinery workers have reached a $15.5 million deal to resolve their class action against ConocoPhillips Co. that accused the company of failing to provide them with meal breaks during which they were relieved of all duties, the plaintiffs told a […]
We’ve all heard the horrible story - a pair of Australian DJs somehow fool a hospital switchboard to connect them to the nurse caring for pregnant Kate Middleton, one of them pretending to be Queen Elizabeth the other pretending to be Prince Charles. The nurse despite the poor impressions of the DJs gives out health […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit(which covers NY) upheld a $1 million award under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in favor of Anthony Zeno, who endured assaults, racist taunting and threats that a jury found should have been squarely addressed by officials at Pine Plains Central School District […]
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