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Ex-Doughnut Plant Manager Sues Store For Discrimination Over Pregnancy
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A former personnel manager of two New York City Doughnut Plant stores has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against the company for demoting her and ultimately firing her after she told the company’s owners that she was pregnant. So reports DNA Info.
Read more...Ex-Doughnut Plant Manager Sues Store For Discrimination Over Pregnancy
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A former personnel manager of two New York City Doughnut Plant stores has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against the company for demoting her and ultimately firing her after she told the company’s owners that she was pregnant. So reports DNA Info.
Read more...Couple Convicted of Murder After Forcing Child to Drink Too Much Liquid as Punishment
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A Tennessee couple has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and aggravated child neglect in connection with the death of a child who died after being forced to drink large amounts of liquid as a form of punishment. So reports the New York Post.
Read more...Garner, Brown Decisions Prompt Law School to Allow Grief-Stricken Students to Postpone Exams
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Columbia Law School allowed its students to request exam-time postponements based on their anguish over the grand jury decisions not to indict police in the Ferguson, Mo., and Staten Island, N.Y. So reports The New York Daily News.
Read more...Hedge Fund Managers’ Insider Trading Convictions Vacated
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A federal appeals court threw out the convictions of two hedge fund managers who were found guilty of trading on tips passed through a network of analysts. So reports the New York Post.
Read more...Utah Mom Ordered to Cease Religion Talks With Kids
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A Utah woman is challenging the constitutionality of a court order prohibiting her from discussing fundamentalist Mormon beliefs with her children. So reports Fox News.
Read more...Georgia County to Pay Profanity-Spewing Woman $100K
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A county in Georgia is paying a woman $100,000 to settle her suit claiming police violated her First Amendment rights when they arrested her for shouting expletives at them. So reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Read more...Federal Court Upholds McCarthy-Era Conviction
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A federal court judge refused to vacate a McCarthy-era conviction related to an obstruction of justice plot to leak atomic secrets. So reports New York’s Daily News.
Read more...Law Schools Make Concessions in Face of Declining Applications
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Facing decreasing enrollment, middle-tier law schools—including the ones at Penn State and the University of Arizona—have reduced their tuitions. So reports The New York Times’ Dealbook.
Read more...Physican Faces Charges for Forcing Abortion Pill on Woman
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A New York State anesthesiologist is out on $50,000 bail following his arrest for allegedly forcing a woman who told him she was pregnant to swallow an abortion pill. So reports NBC News.
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