Archive for March, 2008



Insurers Faulted as Overloading Social Security (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

Monday 31 March 2008 @ 11:40 pm
Insurers are forcing many people who file disability claims with them to also apply to Social Security — even people who clearly do not qualify for the government program.



‘Ecuador incursion’ into Colombia (BBC News)

Monday 31 March 2008 @ 9:06 pm

Colombia condemns “an incursion by an Ecuadorean military helicopter” which Quito says was accidental.




Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz)

Monday 31 March 2008 @ 8:34 pm
He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.



PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS TO PAY $30.5 MILLION TO SETTLE SMARTALK TELESERVICES LITIGATION (Accounting Education)

Monday 31 March 2008 @ 7:20 pm

Goldin Associates, LLC announced that it has settled a lawsuit brought on behalf of SmarTalk Teleservices against the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers for its role in the failure of the once promising telecommunications company.




Department of Justice Settles Sex Discrimination Lawsuit Against North Carolina A & T State University (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)

Monday 31 March 2008 @ 6:50 pm
The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a consent decree with the University of North Carolina and its constituent institution, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, that, if approved and entered by the Court, will resolve a complaint of employment discrimination that was filed by the United States against the University under Title VII of the Civil ...



Canada Supreme Court to Decide Limits to Environmental Class Actions (Environment News Service)

Monday 31 March 2008 @ 4:38 pm

OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada , March 31, 2008 (ENS) - Lawyers for two environmental groups intervened at the Supreme Court of Canada Thursday, challenging a Quebec Court of Appeal decision that could impair the rights of citizens to launch class action lawsuits over environmental nuisances.




Sergeant files discrimination lawsuit against St. Lucie Sheriff Mascara (Fort Pierce Tribune)

Monday 31 March 2008 @ 4:08 pm
Sgt. Edward Johnson, who is black, said he made a verbal complaint in February 2007 of “discrimination and harassment” against Capt. James York, who is white. York, he claimed, gave him an evaluation critical of his report writing without putting him on notice before issuing the evaluation.



Muslim hairdresser accuses salon owner who objected to her headscarf of ‘blatant’ religious discrimination (Evening Standard)

Monday 31 March 2008 @ 3:11 pm
A Muslim hairdresser today accused a salon owner who objected to her Islamic headscarf of "blatant" religious discrimination. Bushra Noah, 19, told a tribunal that she was "devastated" when she was wrongly turned down for a job as a stylist at the trendy salon by 32-year-old Sarah Desrosiers.



Muslim hairdresser accuses salon owner who objected to her headscarf of ‘blatant’ religious discrimination (Evening Standard)

Monday 31 March 2008 @ 3:11 pm

A Muslim hairdresser today accused a salon owner who objected to her Islamic headscarf of “blatant” religious discrimination. Bushra Noah, 19, told a tribunal that she was “devastated” when she was wrongly turned down for a job as a stylist at the trendy salon by 32-year-old Sarah Desrosiers.




Muslim hairdresser accuses salon owner who objected to her headscarf of ‘blatant’ religious discrimination (Evening Standard)

Monday 31 March 2008 @ 3:11 pm
A Muslim hairdresser today accused a salon owner who objected to her Islamic headscarf of "blatant" religious discrimination. Bushra Noah, 19, told a tribunal that she was "devastated" when she was wrongly turned down for a job as a stylist at the trendy salon by 32-year-old Sarah Desrosiers.



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