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Wal-Mart Settles EEOC Sex Discrimination Lawsuit for $11.7M

By Tanya Roth, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Is it gender discrimination if you hire mostly male workers to work in a warehouse? The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission seems to think...

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14 Days: Supreme Court Sets Miranda Deadline

By Tanya Roth, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

In an unusual unanimous opinion written for the Court by Justice Scalia with Justices Thomas and Stevens concurring, the Supreme Court handed down its second...

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Supreme Court Rules 9-0 in Case of Mistaken Defendant

By Jason Beahm | Last updated on March 21, 2019

In a rare 9-0 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that when a party mistakenly sues the incorrect party, they may still file their claim against the...

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Update: Appellate Court Yanks TV Pitchman's Contempt Conviction

By Tanya Roth, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

As discussed in a previous post on FindLaw's Legally Weird blog, controversial TV pitchman, Kevin Trudeau, had been hit with a criminal contempt charge for...

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$250 Million Plus: Novartis Liable in Sex Discrimination Suit

By Jason Beahm | Last updated on March 21, 2019

A New York jury found Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation liable in a landmark sexual discrimination lawsuit on Monday. On Wednesday, the jury awarded...

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Supreme Court Upholds Law on Sexually Dangerous Inmates

By Kamika Dunlap | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Congress has the authority to pass a law allowing sexually dangerous inmates to be held indefinitely, according to a recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme...

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