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...years of being disabled, the University’s definition of what constitutes this status changes, and that the University now contends that McGahey no longer fits this category. “The Harvard interpretation of that change in the definition will be at the heart of this lawsuit,” Stein said. “Under our interpretation she remains qualified for benefits. Under Harvard’s she loses benefits.” McGahey, who declined to comment for this story, is seeking payment of her benefits from June 2006, when Harvard ceased payment, until she recovers...
...when in fact many of these machines were only capable of running a crippled version of the software, which The New York Times deemed to be “too stripped down to be worthwhile.” As a result, the company recently faced a class-action lawsuit for false advertising and artificially inflating demand . While it is unlikely that Microsoft will change its policies because of the litigation, these types of lawsuits destroy confidence in the PC industry as a whole. The reduced sales and revenues resulting from this loss of confidence, along with a rash of frivolous...
...means that, chances are, even if the case is held up in the California Supreme Court, uncredentialed parents will still be allowed to educate their children - that there is nothing that requires the state to aggressively go after people. Indeed, the education department (which is not involved in the lawsuit) will not want to waste their resources going after such parents, despite the "illegality" of their actions, leaving the Second District Court of Appeals opinion of the law unenforced. "This particular family [involved in the child abuse case] is going to be in jeopardy if they lose," Sugarman said...
...Harvard Medical School professor filed a lawsuit Friday charging the president and the chief of surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center—one of Harvard’s main affiliated hospitals—with gender discrimination, saying she endured years of sexist treatment which culminated with her demotion. Carol A. Warfield is seeking recovery for the “loss of her career, her income, her reputation, and all of the consequential damages that flow from these injuries,” according to the complaint filed at the Suffolk County Courthouse. Warfield, a leading physician known...
...many of the Australian soldiers who served in Iraq in early 2005, the bloody mayhem they were embroiled in was something they hoped to forget. But last week a landmark lawsuit in Australia brought it all back at a time when many are struggling to deal with the mental trauma of their war service...