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...former Harvard postdoctoral fellow filed a $1 million lawsuit against the University and the Harvard Police Department (HUPD) last Friday, accusing Harvard of violating his civil rights...
...think that this lawsuit has any legal basis," Ryan said...
California is the most litigious state in the most lawsuit-crazy country in the world. More than 1.5 million civil suits are filed in California every year, and lawyers here earn upwards of $17 billion annually in legal fees. Those numbers could soar even higher if a controversial new state ballot initiative is adopted on Nov. 5. Proposition 211 would make it easier to file securities-fraud suits in California than in any other state--and top business leaders have risen up in alarm to fight it. "There's no place in the world like California for new companies," says...
...enough people have now been gored by the open primary to have prompted a lawsuit that charged the process violated federal election laws dating back to the 1870s. In July a federal court agreed. Though the ruling allowed the current election to continue, Louisiana could have seen its last open primary...
...species unique to the islands, and 60% of the babies born here are of mixed racial heritage. Though pineapples and sugar cane once drove Hawaii, the state now relies on tourism and its strategic military position to fuel its economy. The aloha spirit also spawned recent controversy when a lawsuit, now in the Hawaii courts, threatened to force state recognition of gay marriages. This spurred Congress to hastily pass the Defense of Marriage Act, which allows other states the right not to recognize such unions...