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Creepy Shoulder Touching By Boss Not Sexual Harassment: 1st Cir.
By Aditi Mukherji, JD | Last updated on
A female former sales manager claimed that her male supervisor twice reached around and placed a hand on her shoulder while driving her to a hotel after work....
$100,000 in Attorneys' Fees on $7,650 Damages Award OK: 1st Cir.
By Aditi Mukherji, JD | Last updated on
When opposing counsel turn a deaf ear to your settlement desires, pointing them to Diaz v. Jiten Hotel Management Inc. might help: an employer had to pay more...
Judge Selya's Logolepsy, or Love of Obscure Words (Duh)
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
The Ninth Circuit may be the most reversed, and the Seventh Circuit "benchslappy," but if I had to come up with a catchphrase for the First Circuit it would be...
'The Curious Case of Robert George': Money-Laundering Lawyer's Conviction Upheld
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
Robert George was a criminal lawyer turned criminal lawyer. At a Dunkin' Donuts one day (this was Boston, after all), he happened to run into an ex-felon whom...
'For Want of a Comma, We Have This Case'
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
What a difference a comma can make. In a recent case out of Maine, a missing comma in the state's overtime law decided a dispute between a dairy company and...
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