Prada Japan CEO Davide Sesia demands that manager oust ‘old, fat and ugly’ staff: lawsuit (New York Daily News)

Friday 12 March 2010 @ 11:30 am
If you're old, fat or ugly, you're not welcome to work at Prada, the luxury Italian fashion label, a senior retail manager at Prada Japan claims in a lawsuit. [News Source]



ACLU Files Lawsuit in Same Sex Prom Case (WCBI Columbus)

Friday 12 March 2010 @ 11:07 am
ITAWAMBA CO., Miss. (WCBI) - The story has made headlines across the nation. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against Itawamba Agricultural High School. [News Source]



Susman Godfrey L.L.P. Wins First-of-Its-Kind Judgment for Apache Against Shareholder Activist (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Friday 12 March 2010 @ 11:01 am
Susman Godfrey L.L.P. won a declaratory judgment in favor of Apache Corporation and against shareholder activist John Chevedden. [News Source]



ACLU seeks end to school lawsuit (Fernandina Beach News-Leader)

Friday 12 March 2010 @ 10:45 am
The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida has filed a motion for summary judgment in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in a lawsuit that seeks to force the Nassau County School Board to allow a club that promotes awareness of gay students' issues. [News Source]



Lawsuit: Teacher Threatened to Out Student (The Advocate)

Friday 12 March 2010 @ 9:57 am
A lawsuit filed in New York alleges that a Bronx teacher threatened to out a 9-year-old student unless he told a female crush that he was gay. [News Source]



Purcellville Asks AG To Probe Possible Union Link In Lawsuit (Leesburg Today)

Friday 12 March 2010 @ 9:42 am
In the next chapter of the unfolding saga of the lawsuit brought Feb. 26 by four town residents to halt work at the Purcellville Gateway project, Purcellville Mayor Bob Lazaro is seeking a state investigation of a possible union violation of Virginia's Right to Work statutes. [News Source]



Delis settles sex harassment suit (Queens Courier)

Friday 12 March 2010 @ 8:23 am
A former staffer at Astoria’s Community Board (CB) 1 will receive $98,000 in a settlement against longtime district manager George Delis after she filed a federal lawsuit claiming sexual harassment. [News Source]



Ex-grid great, TV actor Merlin Olsen, 69, dies (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)

Friday 12 March 2010 @ 8:13 am
SALT LAKE CITY #8212; Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen, who helped form one of the NFL #8217;s greatest defensive lines before embarking on a successful career in television, died Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 69. [News Source]



Court favors sage grouse in Mont. grazing lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Friday 12 March 2010 @ 7:50 am
The U.S. Forest Service must re-examine how livestock grazing affects sage grouse habitat in southwestern Montana after an appeals court ruled its original assessment was not reliable. [News Source]



State DHHS wins discrimination suit (The Nashua Telegraph)

Friday 12 March 2010 @ 7:19 am
CONCORD – A former employee has lost a racial discrimination lawsuit against the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. Jannery Lara, now of Bronx, New York, sued the state in 2008, charging racial discrimination. [News Source]



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