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Employer Must Prove Legal Reason for Unequal Pay
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The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that a former employee can pursue her sex discrimination lawsuit against Acosta Sales and Marketing. The...
Humiston-Keeling Still Controls Reasonable Accommodation Claims
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The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) does not require employers to reassign employees who will...
Redbox Wins Interlocutory Appeal in VPPA Lawsuit
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This week, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals entertained an interlocutory appeal stemming from a Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) lawsuit. No, movie...
Seventh Circuit Upholds Warrantless Search of Cell Phones
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The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that police can search a suspect's cell phone without a warrant. While the court acknowledged that the...
Is Supreme Court Rejection a Load of Carp?
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Connecting the Great Lakes and Mississippi watersheds through the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS) has been a boon to industry and commerce, and it supports...
Seventh Circuit Says Merrill Lynch Class Action Can Proceed
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Eight months after the Supreme Court made it harder for plaintiffs to band together to bring a class action lawsuit, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has...
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