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Former Chamber employee files hostile-environment lawsuit
A former Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce executive has filed a lawsuit against her former employer claiming wrongful termination and a hostile work environment. Lisa Baker worked for the Chamber
Updated: 11/10/2011 08:16P
Insight: Risk, lax oversight riddle MF Global's past
In several lawsuits, trustees of failed businesses that traded through MF Global have also alleged lax oversight at the brokerage. Among them is a lawsuit involving Nicholas Cosmo, a Long Island financial manager dubbed "mini-Madoff.
Updated: 11/10/2011 08:15P
Tk'emlups Band class action suit
The Tk'emlups indian band is preparing to launch a class action lawsuit, along with the Sechelt indian band, against the federal government. The suit claims students who attended residential school -- but lived on the reserve -- suffered abuse as did
Updated: 11/10/2011 08:14P
Lies, Damned Lies, and the Public Relations Industry
The lawsuit, led by Hilex Poly of Delaware, alleged that information on ChicoBag's website about the environmental impacts of reusable vs. disposable bags was “explicitly false,” and had caused “irreparable injury” to the sales of single-use plastic
Updated: 11/10/2011 08:14P
Lawsuit forces Harkins Theatres to account for blind, deaf
by KTAR.com (November 10th, 2011 @ 5:05pm) Harkins Theatres is going to install equipment to aid blind and deaf customers in almost all of its 346 movie theaters throughout Arizona. According to The Phoenix Business Journal, the changes are part of a
Updated: 11/10/2011 08:12P
JAMS - The Resolution Experts | The Mediation Paradox: Collaborative Combat
It would be nave to believe that the essentially contentious nature of a lawsuit or arbitration disappears when the parties agree to mediate. Nonetheless, mediation offers a unique opportunity for the parties to come together and maximize the chance
Updated: 11/10/2011 08:09P
USA Swimming, others sued in Indiana sexual assualt case
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The family of an Indiana teenager filed a civil lawsuit against USA Swimming and others Thursday, saying officials didn't do enough to protect the girl from the sexual assaults by her coach. The suit, filed in Marion County
Updated: 11/10/2011 08:08P
Jury awards sex assault victim $100 million in priest abuse case
Jessica Arbour, one of the lawyers representing the victim, said her firm, in an unusual move, explicitly named Doherty in the lawsuit, filed this year. The dozens of other cases filed by Arbour's law firm have sued the Archdiocese of Miami,
Updated: 11/10/2011 08:02P
Maryland officials sued on charges of racial discrimination
The lawsuit, filed in federal court on Thursday, charges that gerrymandering was used to underrepresent minorities in the state's new map, which the General Assembly approved in a special session last month. The suit names as defendants Linda H. Lamone
Updated: 11/10/2011 08:00P
NC Attorneys Ask For Lawsuit By Pro Choice Advocates To Be Thrown Out
GREENSBORO, NC (AP) -- North Carolina state attorneys have asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit filed by doctors and other abortion-rights advocates who have already persuaded the court to block enforcement of a portion of new abortion
Updated: 11/10/2011 07:50P