Word: lawsuits
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Cost of the settlement in a racial-harassment lawsuit against a Mississippi oil-rig company. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) says nooses were displayed on a rig in the Gulf of Mexico...
Local residents have filed a lawsuit to stop the development and are attempting to have the space designated a historic landmark in order to give the land permanent protection. Yesterday morning, a tense standoff between construction crews and the Shady Hill residents prompted the city to issue an order that temporarily prevents any work on the site...
...rules and regulations of the United States, Massachusetts, and Cambridge, all of which enforce the legal drinking age of 21. Through the party grant, the College knowingly funds such illegal activity, albeit indirectly. It is completely reasonable that the higher-ups at Harvard might wish to avoid a lawsuit or public relations nightmare. At the core, student outrage on this front stems from a conflation of the issues—students may legitimately take issue with the nationwide drinking age, but this does not justify their complaints about Pilbeam’s decision.UC leaders claim the University has no cause...
...police department. The two Detroit cops then charged Kilpatrick's bodyguards with abusing overtime and failing to report accidents involving city vehicles. Overtime abuse was never proven, and an accident report was found. Nevertheless, the cops claimed they had been retaliated against for looking into the allegations, and that lawsuit would go on for three years. It was interlaced in the public's awareness with newspaper coverage of allegations of the mayor's marital infidelities. Kilpatrick has repeatedly denied the claims. As for last week's defeat in court, Kilpatrick says he will appeal, at any cost. Later this month...
...high-profile, and people began looking back at the process," says Carie Anne Ergo, the city's spokeswoman. Last Wednesday, the city told Planned Parenthood it "had no intention of allowing you to open for business," according to court documents. On Thursday Sept 13, Planned Parenthood responded with a lawsuit in U.S. District Court attempting to block the city's efforts to stop the clinic's opening, saying it was rooted in discrimination because the clinic would perform abortions...