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Federal Courts You Do Not Need to Show Unequal Pay for Equal Work to bring a Title VII Pay Discrimination Claim

You Do Not Need to Show Unequal Pay for Equal Work to bring a Title VII Pay Discrimination Claim

By Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on December 12, 2019

Both the federal Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibit pay discrimination based on gender. But while the EPA and Title VII are related,...

Federal Courts Second Circuit Halves Damages Against UPS for Shipping Untaxed Cigarettes

Second Circuit Halves Damages Against UPS for Shipping Untaxed Cigarettes

By Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on November 08, 2019

To offset the billions smoking costs New York, the state created a large excise tax. In turn, that created a large market for smuggled cigarettes, since many...

Federal Courts Second Circuit Says Mazars USA Must Hand Over Donald Trump's Tax Returns

Second Circuit Says Mazars USA Must Hand Over Donald Trump's Tax Returns

By Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on November 05, 2019

The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a grand jury's subpoena to Mazars USA to produce President Trump's tax returns for the last eight years...

Federal Courts Donald Trump's Tax Returns and the Second Circuit

Donald Trump's Tax Returns and the Second Circuit

By Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on October 11, 2019

The Great Library of Alexandria burned down in 48 B.C., and we lost an unimaginable wealth of ancient collected knowledge. Nikola Tesla's research lab in New...

Federal Courts Brooklyn Man Held on Someone Else's Immigration Detainer

Brooklyn Man Held on Someone Else's Immigration Detainer

By Laura Temme, Esq. | Last updated on September 23, 2019

In a case of mistaken identity and a lot of agency finger-pointing, the Second Circuit recently revived a claim by Brooklyn resident Luis Hernandez that he was...

Federal Courts Fox News Conspiracy Machine

Fox News Conspiracy Machine

By Jeremy Conrad, Esq. | Last updated on September 20, 2019

Media outlets are often accused of promulgating fake news these days. The Second Circuit case of Rich v. Fox News Network, LLC laid out what may be the most...

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