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When the jury was asked if "anyone had a problem with [the plaintiff's] being from around Rochester, N.Y.," he milked anti-Yankee sentiment by raising his hand...
Complaints of racial discrimination to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission were roughly the same in 1995 as in 1990--about 29,000. "But the EEOC is certainly not the primary enforcer of employment rights in this country," says H. Candace Gorman, a prominent plaintiff's attorney in Chicago. "The private bar is." And that's because the financial stakes are higher than ever. Thanks, in part, to a 1991 law that permits pain and suffering awards in workplace discrimination cases, lawyers can make millions on a successful class action...
...forcible sex acts committed on women who are married but estranged from their husbands, who have recently quarreled with their husbands or who are happily married yet appear to be "asking for it." (The Commander in Chief's personal attorney, Robert Bennett, is available to determine whether the plaintiff's hairstyle, skirt length, etc., constituted a criminal provocation...
...regards to the events outlined in Civil Action No. LR-C-94-290, the Defendant (President William J. Clinton) and the Plaintiff (Paula Jones) have agreed on the following statements from the respective parties...
...instance, a severely depressed attorney who worked for the San Francisco utility Pacific Gas & Electric asked for shorter work weeks and a transfer to a more understanding supervisor. According to the employee's lawyer, he filed suit when the company refused, and talks broke down over the plaintiff's request for positive evaluations should the company rehire him. A court-appointed arbitrator ordered the utility to pay $1.1 million to the plaintiff. (Federal law limits awards to $50,000 for an employee in a company of 100 or fewer and $300,000 for a company of 500 or more...