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Ritz-Carlton general manager files gender discrimination lawsuit
After19 years of employment with the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Myra deGersdorff filed a lawsuit claiming she was a victim of gender discrimination. The lawsuit was filed on Sept. 14 in federal court in New Orleans. DeGersdorff states that the hotel
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:02A
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Death Penalty, Gender Equality and That Elephant Ride
But two-time cancer survivor Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is not your typical woman. After the pilot ordered the evacuation of Ginsburg's plane before takeoff last week in Washington, DC, she continued on a different plane to San Francisco.
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:02A
Ex-spouses don't owe fiduciary duty beyond contract
52) was not fulfilled, Justice Garson explained. “I have found no authority for the proposition that continuing contractual obligations in a separation agreement are fiduciary as well as contractual in nature,” she wrote. Ladner's ex-husband's estate
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:02A
Lawsuits could stall or stop high-speed rail plans
Even if state officials can scrape together the billions of dollars needed to fund California's ambitious high-speed rail plans, lawsuits from local cities and opposition groups still
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:02A
Saab Allowed to Appeal Court's Denial
STOCKHOLM—A Swedish appeals court on Monday granted Saab Automobile AB the right to appeal an earlier ruling by a lower court, a move that will allow it to request bankruptcy protection from its creditors. The lower court last month
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:02A
Saab Allowed to Appeal Court's Denial
STOCKHOLM—A Swedish appeals court on Monday granted Saab Automobile AB the right to appeal an earlier ruling by a lower court, a move that will allow it to request bankruptcy protection from its creditors. The lower court last month
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:02A
G4S Justice Services Launches LoneProtectora" Safety Solutions for Lone Workers
ATLANTA, Sep 19, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- G4S Justice Services, LLC (G4S), the premier provider of advanced monitoring services, now offers lone worker protection services as part of its comprehensive suite of electronic monitoring products,
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:01A
Pitney Bowes Business Insight's MapInfo(R) Crime Profiler((TM)) Puts Crime in
HYANNIS, Mass., Sep 19, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Pitney Bowes Business Insight, a global leader in customer data, analytics and communication software and services, today announced that law enforcement in major cities, including the London Metropolitan
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:01A
Judicial independence being tested – Corona
MANILA, Philippines — Chief Justice Renato C. Corona said Monday that judicial independence is under severe test, but vowed to safeguard the courts in the exercise of their judicial discretion. “We are public servants at a time when
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:01A
Los Angeles Dodgers Ask Bankruptcy Court To Allow Media Rights Auction
The DODGERS' current deal for television with FOX SPORTS expires after the 2013 season, and a $3 billion extension that would have given MCCOURT $400 million of cash up front was rejected by MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. MCCOURT would like to open a 45-day
Updated: 09/19/2011 08:01A
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