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Outsourcing the rule of law via the TPP agreement
October 13th, 2015
Agents of numerous countries, led by the United States, have engaged in closed-door meetings about a secret agreement to create rights for foreign corporations and other “investors” to challenge domestic consumer protections, environmental provis…
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Converging efforts to shut down the corporate shell game
September 1st, 2015
As the economy has become more globalized and volatile, a growing number of companies have sought to minimize liabilities while maximizing profits by using the corporate form to create supposed separation between closely related entities. This “sep…
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The right to overtime pay to be significantly extended
August 4th, 2015
The law recognizes several exceptions to the overtime pay requirement under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201, et seq., (“FLSA”): the Executive, Administrative, Professional, Computer, and Outside Sales exemptions. In other words,…
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Fair housing protections remain robust
July 2nd, 2015
For a number of years, the Supreme Court has signaled its interest in deciding a case under Title VIII, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601, et seq., to address the viability of disparate impact doctrine. The disparate impact doctrine, also known as the discriminato…
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Religious protections expand in the workplace
June 8th, 2015
In a closely watched employment law and civil rights case, the Supreme Court emphatically rejected the common employer argument that employees have no right to a religious accommodation in the workplace unless they explicitly ask for one. Justice Ant…
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Chicago agrees to pay millions to victims of police torture
May 11th, 2015
The Chicago City Council unanimously voted in favor of paying $5.5 million in reparations to numerous citizens who suffered torture at the hands of certain members of the Chicago Police Department. The torture tactics reportedly used by the notorious…
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The rights of pregnant employees receive a boost
April 10th, 2015
The Supreme Court recently ruled that pregnant workers cannot be treated less favorably than non-pregnant workers simply because it is inconvenient or costly to accommodate pregnancy. In Young v. United Parcel Service, the plaintiff employee had medi…
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$14 million victory for 5 plaintiffs in landmark labor trafficking case
March 2nd, 2015
A Federal jury in New Orleans returned a verdict in the first of numerous labor trafficking cases against a global construction company with major operations in the United States, Signal International, Inc., and several co-defendants. The jury awarde…
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Rating agency may pay $1 billion to settle mortgage-related fraud claims
January 19th, 2015
Although the banksters and their accomplices have emerged from the Great Recession largely unscathed, many people across the country still struggle now. For those among the proverbial 99%, the news of a potential settlement between the Department of…
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Supreme court decision strikes another blow against workplace fairness
December 22nd, 2014
In Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk, a unanimous Supreme Court recently ruled that companies do not have to pay employees for the time employees must spend being subjected to daily anti-theft screening procedures imposed by employers. Notab…
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