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'Well-Founded Fear' is Critical in Asylum Appeal
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a Senegalese couple’s asylum appeal this week, finding that the couple failed to assert a well-founded fear that...
Nurse Loses FLSA Meal Break Case, Should Have Followed Protocol
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
If you want to win a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) compensation dispute, you have to prove that an employer knew or should have known that it owed your...
Sixth Circuit: Ohio Voters Must Find the Correct Polling Place
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The 2012 election season has been a legal and emotional rollercoaster in Ohio. First, there was the court battle over early voting. Then, there was debate over...
Fired Employee's Discrimination Claim Belongs to Bankruptcy Estate
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
There are bad weeks, and then there are lose-your-job-and-file-for-bankruptcy bad weeks. Karen Auday had the unfortunate distinction of enduring the...
Sixth Circuit: Michigan Transit Authority Can Reject AFDI Ads
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that a Michigan state-run transit authority can refuse to display American Freedom Defense Initiative ads on...
Sixth Circuit: Condo Fees are a Debt Under the FDCPA
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) defines a “debt” as a consumer’s obligation to pay money arising out of a transaction in which the money,...
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