Archive for June, 2008



Feds Accuse Local Firm Of Religious Discrimination (CBS 11 Dallas - Fort Worth)

Monday 30 June 2008 @ 11:34 pm
The federal government is accusing a North Texas company of religious discrimination. This occurred after the company allegedly refused to hire a man based on his appearance.



Clayton County Commission Chairman Injured in Gun Accident (FOX 5 News Atlanta)

Monday 30 June 2008 @ 11:25 pm
ATLANTA (MyFOX Atlanta) -- Clayton County Commission Chairman Eldrin Bell is nursing an injured thumb after a firing range accident this weekend at a party.



Columbia, Prof. Reach Second Gender Dispute Settlement (The New York Sun)

Monday 30 June 2008 @ 11:19 pm
Columbia University and a star professor who accused it of gender discrimination have settled their lawsuit, ending a decade-long dispute that was closely watched by women's rights groups. The economics professor, Graciela Chichilnisky, accused Columbia of continuing to pay her less than her male counterparts even after the two sides reached a $500,000 settlement on similar issues in 1995. Ms. ...



Judge dismisses lawsuit that two former officers filed against Davie (Sun-Sentinel)

Monday 30 June 2008 @ 11:06 pm
A lawsuit filed by two former Davie police officers claiming religious discrimination and retaliation has been dismissed.



Lilly agrees to settle discrimination lawsuit (San Francisco Chronicle)

Monday 30 June 2008 @ 11:04 pm
Drug maker Eli Lilly and Co. will pay $64,400 to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of withholding severance pay to force a longtime employee to withdraw a discrimination charge. The company also must spell out in future severance agreements that employees...



Lilly agrees to settle discrimination lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! News)

Monday 30 June 2008 @ 10:33 pm
Drug maker Eli Lilly and Co. will pay $64,400 to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of withholding severance pay to force a longtime employee to withdraw a discrimination charge.



Clayton County Commission Chairman Injured in Gun Accident (FOX 5 News Atlanta)

Monday 30 June 2008 @ 9:55 pm
ATLANTA (MyFOX Atlanta) -- Clayton County Commission Chairman Eldrin Bell is nursing an injured thumb after a firing range accident this weekend at a party.



Feds release new Anticline plan (Casper Star-Tribune)

Monday 30 June 2008 @ 7:59 pm
GREEN RIVER -- The Bureau of Land Management on Friday released a long-awaited, revised environmental study that calls for dramatically expanding natural gas drilling in the Pinedale Anticline field in western Wyoming.



Feds raid Woodmere Village Hall in discrimination probe (WKYC Cleveland)

Monday 30 June 2008 @ 7:13 pm
WOODMERE -- Two white former Woodmere police officers claim they were fired by the village's African-American mayor because of racial reasons. The terminations have now spawned a lawsuit that's drawing national attention.



Court denies hearing on immigration tuition law (Lawrence Journal-World)

Monday 30 June 2008 @ 6:05 pm
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a lawsuit that challenges a Kansas law that allows some illegal immigrants to pay lower in-state tuition for higher education.



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