Kmart Settles EEOC Discrimination Suit Over Urine Drug Test

We all know that federal law requires employers to provide accommodations when employees have a religious requirement or a disability. But what if the disability conflicts with an established hiring policy? As a recent EEOC settlement involving Kmart demonstrates, even a seemingly

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Legal watchdog group raises concerns over campaign finance tactics used by ...

NEW ORLEANS – A non-profit legal watchdog group has raised concerns about a politically connected plaintiffs' attorney bundling of $30,000 in donations from himself, the attorney's immediate family members and businesses close to him to deliver to a ...

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Whole Foods Sued Over Child's Death, Allegedly From Tainted Beef

Whole Foods is being sued by a Massachusetts couple over their son's death after he allegedly ate tainted beef that was purchased from the store. Melissa and Andrew Kaye filed suit in federal court in Boston on Tuesday, alleging that the grass-fed beef purchased at a Whole Foods Market led......

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14 Charged Over Deadly Meningitis Outbreak in 2012

Fourteen people are facing federal criminal charges after a 2012 meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people nationwide. Those indicted include the co-founders, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians of the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Massachusetts, reports The Associated Press.

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Illinois jury awards $1 million in lawsuit over baby born with ...

The lawsuit filed by Jamie Rae on behalf of her daughter, Bailei, alleged that a birth injury she suffered during the delivery was caused by negligence on the part of the obstetrician. Rae presented herself to Anderson Hospital ...

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Lawsuit filed over accident

... suffered "severe and permanent injuries," including a fractured wrist, "severe facial wounds," abrasions on her chest, arms and legs and "bilateral knee pain." The suit, filed by Muncie attorney P. Gregory Cross, seeks compensation for the ...

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Woman Sues Over Lawyer's Alleged Plot to Kill Her

Andrews was charged with the felony offense of solicitation of capital murder for allegedly attempting to hire one of his current clients to kill Uribe, promising in exchange for the murder to slash his attorney fee in half for the man's case. The ...

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Mahwah man files suit over personal injury settlement

After the cases were settled, the suit claims, the Hardings discovered that their settlements had been reduced without their knowledge by payments to a third firm, Total Trial Solutions of Newburgh, which was partly owned by the attorneys representing ...

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ExxonMobil Sues FXX Over 'XX' Logo Design, Wins 1st Round

Oil giant ExxonMobil won a small victory in a Texas federal court this week. A judge allowed its trademark dilution claims to proceed against the FXX network over the "XX" design in their logos. Both ExxonMobil and the FXX network (owned by Fox) feature stylized interlocking Xs in

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