Word: suits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts said last week it will file suit against the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) over the authority's refusal to run a series of ads on MBTA train billboards encouraging the use of condoms...
...Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts has agreed to file the suit on behalf of the AIDS Action Committee, according to a statement released by the committee last week...
...million compensation fund will also cover any court cases that Prudential settles after July 1, 1993. That provision grandfathered in a $120 million award that the company two weeks ago agreed to pay in a class-action suit in New Orleans. Since the fund has no ceiling and no statute of limitations will apply, it is unlikely that $330 million will cover all claims. But if there is any money left, it will revert to the U.S. Treasury. The one silver lining for the chastened firm: Prudential can write off the compensation payments as a tax-deductible business expense...
...while the grass-roots groups congratulate themselves and advise neighboring communities to follow suit, other citizens, like the 2,845 Greenfield residents who voted in favor of Wal-Mart, feel less euphoric. They had been looking forward to the economic boost the store could have provided. "The town of Greenfield could use the jobs," says Alfred Havens, president of the town council. Major retailers are big job generators in today's economy. Wal-Mart is the nation's second largest private employer after General Motors...
Abramian was fired in January after analtercation with fellow security guard TimothyCarlow, who is also among those named in the suit...