Word: lawsuits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...afternoon panel, moderated by Bromley Professor of Law Arthur R. Miller, was dominated by the attorneys, as animosity left over from the lawsuit surfaced.The two sides especially disagreed over the movieA Civil Action...
None of this has deterred Monsanto's detractors. Activists are turning up the pressure on the Internet--supporting the "Cremate Monsanto" campaign in which protesters in India have set fire to company test fields. At the same time, a lawsuit is set to be filed charging that the USDA, by supporting Terminator technology, has violated its mandate to help American farmers. Monsanto will probably respond that without Terminator genes to guarantee seed sales, the company has no incentive to develop better crops. But while such a stop-me-before-I-kill-again argument may work in a business seminar...
...that Clinton didn't engage him on his favorite topic, technology. When the golfing ended, the two men went their separate ways. Gates didn't take sides in the Clinton-Dole election a couple of years later. Clinton let his Justice Department pursue a potentially devastating antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft...
...clear that they were troubled by this case. Only a few sentences into her argument, the Davises' lawyer was stopped by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. "I'm sure children nationwide tease each other," she said. "Is every one of those incidents going to lead to some sort of lawsuit?" The Justices continued to pepper the attorney with questions: Are schools responsible for sexual misbehavior between children? Should the same standard be applied for adults, teens and children? Aren't these problems better left to psychologists, parents and educators rather than to courts and judges? "Its a question of where...
Supporters of the lawsuit contend the lines would be clear, with the school responsible only for taking reasonable action rather than ensuring that the behavior ends. Yet the moving parts are many and concerning. The behavior would have to be severe, repeated and objectionable to a reasonable person. But it's hard to see which jeers and touches would meet everyone's definition of unreasonable. And as the courts test that standard, they will also have to measure what it means for a school to take reasonable action. Was detention too little or suspension too much...