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July 23, 2019
Indiana Lawmakers Turn To Jackson Lewis In AG Groping Suit
The Indiana Senate and House of Representatives have hired a Jackson Lewis attorney who helped craft their sexual harassment policies as they attempt to intervene in a Title VII suit by a state legislator and three staffers claiming state Attorney General Curtis Hill groped them at a party.
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July 23, 2019
USWNT Will 'Surrender' Bias Suit Without Me, Solo Warns
The U.S. Women's National Team will "surrender" to U.S. Soccer and accept a subpar deal resolving the members' unequal pay suit unless former goalkeeper Hope Solo gets a seat at the mediation table, Solo has told a California federal judge.
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July 23, 2019
Courts Should Decide If Class Arbitration Is OK, Says 5th Circ.
The Fifth Circuit has reversed two wins for the employees of a sales and marketing company looking to pursue collective arbitration of their Fair Labor and Standard Act claims, holding that the question of class arbitrability should be decided by the courts and not arbitrators.
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July 23, 2019
Boston City Hall Aides To Festival Organizer: ‘Do It Or Else’
Prosecutors told a federal jury that two Boston City Hall aides forced a concert organizer to hire union labor or face financial ruin, while their lawyers painted their clients as peacemakers trying to prevent a union protest, as the closely watched extortion trial opened Tuesday.
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July 23, 2019
5th Circ. Pulls Plug On Power Plant Worker's FMLA Case
The Fifth Circuit has upheld a lower court decision that axed a former biomass power plant technician’s suit claiming that he was unlawfully fired after asking to take medical leave for high blood pressure, saying the man's ex-employer canned him after years of inappropriate workplace behavior.
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