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The OB Fire Departments Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Suit
20, that the Oyster Bay Fire Department has agreed to settle a class age discrimination lawsuit brought by them. The OBFD No. 1; the Atlantic Fire Company No. 1; the Town of Oyster Bay; and the villages of Oyster Bay Cove; Laurel Hollow; Mill Neck and
Updated: 09/30/2011 01:13A
Merck spilled 31 tons of toxic fluid into river
2, 2007, and, hours later, another 11 tons, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday against the pharmaceutical maker. The lawsuit brought a $1.5 million fine against Merck for environmental violations at plants in Northumberland and Montgomery
Updated: 09/30/2011 01:11A
Pawnshop owners include Lee County sheriff in lawsuit
Two local pawnbrokers have filed a federal lawsuit against Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott and one of his former deputies, alleging a policy of intimidation, illegal searches and false arrests. Brothers Christopher and Ryan Close allege they were
Updated: 09/30/2011 01:11A
OUR OPINION: Encouraging lawsuits isn't the way to create jobs
The provision would have a chilling effect on hiring because businesses would have to spend time, resources and money defending against a proliferation of unprovable nuisance lawsuits. This is just what businesses (and those who seek jobs from them,
Updated: 09/30/2011 01:09A
Western Pa. woman wins 2 cent lawsuit against Wal-Mart
EXPORT, Pa. - A judge says Wal-Mart must pay up for overpricing sausages by 2 cents. Consumer activist Mary Bach was awarded $100 in damages and $80 in court costs Thursday, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports. Bach, of Murrysville, says sausages she
Updated: 09/30/2011 01:08A
Lawsuit brings conflicting roles
Southside Independent School District trustee and former district employee Alma Rosa Guzman needs to decide if she wants to continue to serve on the school board or pursue a lawsuit against the school district. If Guzman's priority is to pursue a civil
Updated: 09/30/2011 01:07A
Tulsa school official faces lawsuit after calling educators 'dirtbags'
(AP) — Oklahoma's schools superintendent said Thursday that her chief of staff's personal Twitter post calling school administrators "dirtbags" was a "poor choice of words" — but called a lawsuit targeting parents of special-needs children that
Updated: 09/30/2011 01:06A
Second suit filed alleging brutality at MGM Grand
The lawsuit, filed by Detroiter DaJuan Moncrief, alleges officers beat him with a billy club, broke three ribs, choked him until he passed out and falsely accused him of crimes, since dropped, to cover up the alleged beating.
Updated: 09/30/2011 01:06A
Rights Groups Say Alabama Immigration Laws Should Stay on Hold
While her rulings in the church leaders' case closely tracked those in the US lawsuit decision, the judge faced different issues in a case pressed by lawyers from the ACLU and the Southern Poverty Law Center. She blocked a state law provision barring
Updated: 09/30/2011 01:03A
Obama fights states on immigration
Justice Department attorneys have sued Arizona and Alabama, where a federal judge Wednesday allowed key parts of that state's immigration law to take effect but blocked other provisions. Federal lawyers are talking to Utah officials about a third
Updated: 09/30/2011 01:01A
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