Overturning an October ruling by a special master, a federal judge ruled today that fallen football superstar Michael Vick can keep a $20 million bonus that the Atlanta Falcons had…
A rapidly rising number of deaths and injuries at high-rise construction sites after a building boom is prompting New York City officials to recommend more stringent safety regulations.
A federal judge overseeing a racial discrimination suit filed by five black police officers against the city of Minneapolis warned lawyers they need to display the “right attitude” during a…
California’s Supreme Court has agreed to take on an age discrimination suit against Google by a man who claims he was marginalized and his job eliminated.
Former book publisher Judith Regan, fired after her decision to publish a book by O.J. Simpson called If I Did It, has settled a lawsuit she brought against Rupert Murdoch’s…
The general counsel of a subsidiary of General Electric Co. can proceed with an employment discrimination case against her employer on a class-action basis, a federal judge ruled yesterday.
In an unusual ruling that could potentially pit ecclesiastical law against statutory employment standards, a Church of England tribunal has decided that a vicar accused of being a bully and…
The former head of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman’s intellectual property practice group reportedly didn’t jump ship to accept a job at a 52-lawyer New York City intellectual property boutique.
A Connecticut woman who is accused of having inappropriately touched an elderly Santa Claus while sitting on his lap in a local shopping mall is likely to get off lightly…
The Americans With Disabilities Act is squeezing physicians who must pay for interpreters for deaf patients, causing some doctors to pass along rather than treat such patients.
The parent company of major newspapers in California and Illinois has taken an innovative approach to the revision of its employee handbook under the leadership of a new owner. Forgoing…
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a worker who is fired after cooperating in her employer’s internal probe of sexual harassment may sue for retaliation.
Judges in Massachusetts don’t qualify for workers’ compensation. So, after Paul Chernoff fell on some jagged steps at the Norfolk Superior Courthouse in Dedham and fractured his knee, the jurist…
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