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Shleifer’s wife, Nancy Zimmerman, was originally a defendant in that civil lawsuit due to her investments in Russia during the project, but the claims against her in that case were dismissed in December...
...Mart's Gender Gap" [JULY 5] Addressed the sex-discrimination lawsuit brought against the giant retailer by female employees. But the company mistreats all workers. As your story noted, there are more than 30 lawsuits that accuse Wal-Mart of cheating employees out of overtime pay. The company has fought to keep out labor unions, and pays hourly workers a very low wage. Your report overemphasized the retailer's discrimination against women, suggesting that paying women less than men is more serious than paying poverty-level wages for all hourly employees. That attitude could be considered a kind of gender...
...Israeli company in Haifa. The report doesn't say how much of around $6 million in profits went to P.A. officials and their connections, but it does accuse several companies of profiting from the deal. Abdel Sattar Qassem, a Nablus academic who also plans to file a lawsuit this week against the politicians involved in the cement deal, says, if true, "The scandal shows that all the Palestinian official statements against the wall are lies." The Higher Islamic Council, the senior Palestinian religious body, issued a fatwa last month against anyone who contributes to the barrier's construction. "Building...
...evening begins amusingly, with an entertaining panel discussion on the state of the media. Editor of The American Prospect Michael Tomasky delivers the welcoming remarks: “A special welcome to the News Corporation lawyers in the audience,” he quips, referring to the potential lawsuit Rupert Murdoch will be filing against the documentary any day now. There are chuckles, followed by an outcry from the back of the room...
Amid escalating laughter, Franken told of the lawsuit brought by Fox against his book, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, on behalf of Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly, who objected to being called a liar...