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Rise in charges has employers on ‘high alert’
When the going gets tough, the employment discrimination enforcement actions get going. And last year seems to be no different, with a number of factors creating a perfect storm of sorts for discrimination claims, including a rise in job losses, the passage of new age and disability bias laws and a tougher enforcement policy spearheaded by the Obama administration’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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‘Honest services’ ruling could stymie prosecutors
White-collar lawyers say that federal prosecutors will have a tougher time getting convictions in public corruption cases if, as many predict, the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the controversial “honest services fraud” statute.
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Pilot program aimed at reining in discovery
White-collar lawyers say that federal prosecutors will have a tougher time getting convictions in public corruption cases if, as many predict, the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the controversial “honest services fraud” statute.
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ADA complaint against debtor is barred
A bankrupt airline could not be held liable to a former employee for handicap discrimination, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has found. The airline argued that a U.S. Bankruptcy Court order disallowing the discrimination claim resulted in the employee being forever barred from suing the airline under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Bar: Spoliation sanction sends warning to litigants
A judge’s decision to dismiss a plaintiff’s breach-of-contract lawsuit and sanction him $243,000 for destroying critical evidence in an employment dispute is a warning to civil litigants who do not cooperate during discovery, lawyers say.
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