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Are banksters finally being held accountable?
August 17th, 2013
Many are familiar with the proverbial golden rule: do unto others as you would have others do unto you. Some have put a twist on the golden rule to say it now means that those with the gold make the rules. The behavior that led to the financial meltd…
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Opening doors by closing the box
July 29th, 2013
For years, people who served time for a crime they committed have had difficulty finding steady employment that enables them to reenter society as productive contributors. One of the main ways that a person’s criminal record has continued to limit…
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A widening disconnect
July 14th, 2013
This past term generated a number of opinions by the Supreme Court that evidently reflect disregard as much for practical reality as for long-standing law. Although the pro-corporate bias of the Supreme Court is nothing new, the degree of that bias i…
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The Supreme Court’s radical ruling for the proverbial 1%
June 24th, 2013
The latest decision by the Supreme Court about the arbitration of statutory claims will, going forward, preclude court action even when doing so deprives small businesses and many people of any meaningful legal recourse. In rendering such an extreme…
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What is harassment?
June 13th, 2013
Both Federal and State courts have adopted evolving definitions of what amounts to harassment in violation of civil rights and employment laws. Based on a series of decisions by the United States Supreme Court, the general understanding of harassment…
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Resurrection of whistleblower protection
May 30th, 2013
On May 24, 2013, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed into law transformative amendments that provide more protection for whistleblowers. This is an exceptional development at a time when whistleblowers are increasingly under attack. In fact, Presid…
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Minnesota restores substance to key employment law
May 14th, 2013
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton recently signed into law amendments to the Minnesota Payment of Wages Act to confirm that the statute enables employees to recover unpaid compensation – as well as statutory penalties, attorney’s fees, and litigatio…
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Supreme Court curtails human rights enforcement
April 28th, 2013
In another 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ventured into the public policy thicket and came out on the side of defendants. In Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, the Supreme Court held that the Alien Tort Claims Act (“ATCA”) generally no longer prov…
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A wake-up call for those addressing corporate wrongdoing
April 15th, 2013
One of the most important tools for ending misdeeds and for compensating the resulting victims is litigation prosecuted on a class-wide basis. Consistent with its apparently escalating hostility toward such systemic legal action, the Supreme Court re…
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Closing the courthouse doors?
March 22nd, 2013
In another example of legal maneuvering, lawyers representing employers and other defendants in civil matters are seeking to change the rules of the game so that it is more difficult to have one’s day in court. These corporate agents want to change…
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