Word: suit
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...spite of Safire's recommendations, the government is ready to investigate, to prosecute and perhaps to re-run. The suit filed against Rollins, the New Jersey Republican State Committee and the Whitman Campaign alleges that Rollins and his staff acted in defiance of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, federal civil rights statutes, and, on a more interpretational note, the First, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments of the Constitution. The United States Attorney for New Jersey, Michael Chertoff, has even suggested that criminal charges will be brought. The Federal Bureau of Investigation set up a hotline for informers within...
...Paramount brief filed last week in opposition to the QVC Network's suit to block the merger
...whom have already begun to police their workplaces, for the most part supported the court's decision. Said Stephen Bokat, general counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: "This is a very reasonable decision. It is really relatively easy under current law for an employer to preclude a suit for sexual harassment...
...Carey's alleged Mob connections are yet another painful indicator that corruption in the union may simply be too vast for any real reform. Four of the Teamsters' past eight presidents were indicted on criminal charges; three of them went to prison. In 1989 the union settled a racketeering suit in which the feds accused its leadership of forging a "devil's pact" with the Mafia. To avoid a government-imposed trusteeship, the Teamsters agreed to allow the members to freely elect their president. Since then, Lacey and his team have driven out more than 150 misbehavers...
...Crimson defense can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that Price; who rushed for 162 yards in last year's contest, will not suit up this year...