In another signpost of stepped-up immigration enforcement, federal agents raided a Mississippi factory yesterday, detaining at least 350 workers who allegedly are in the country illegally.
Until a few months ago, Larry Mendte was a television news anchor at CBS 3 in Philadelphia. Today, the ex-anchor was in the news at his former station and throughout…
A jury has awarded about $720,000 in damages to an associate and paralegal who claimed they were forced out of their New York law firm because of their pregnancies.
Roughly 15 years ago, Hartford attorney Mary Alice Moore Leonhardt went out to lunch with a paralegal from her law firm. During the meal, the woman confessed that she had…
Nudists who for three decades have reportedly been frequenting a beach in San Diego County without any significant public objection can continue to let it all hang out a while…
A 63-year-old woman who lost her job with AARP in a reorganization claims in a lawsuit that the organization passed her up for nine available jobs because of her age.
A terrorism researcher testified yesterday that her job offer with the Library of Congress was rescinded after she disclosed she was planning to undergo a sex change.
Employers are increasingly hiring private investigators to spy on employees believed to be abusing the Family Medical Leave Act, and courts are upholding their right to do so.
At a trial beginning this week, an associate is airing a claim that her Garden City, N.Y., law firm discriminated against her by cutting her pay while she was pregnant.
Updated: Attorney General Michael Mukasey told the ABA House of Delegates this morning that “politics must play no role in either the hiring of career [Department of Justice] employees or…
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