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Chesapeake Energy Becomes Largest Oil-and-Gas Bankruptcy of Pandemic
Category: Blog | June 29, 2020
Fracking pioneer Chesapeake Energy Corporation on Sunday became the largest oil-and-gas company to file for bankruptcy protection during the coronavirus pandemic. Chesapeake was once the nation’s No. 2 natural gas producer, thanks to early bets on fracking. Aubrey McClendon, Chesapeake’s late founder and CEO, … Continue reading
Doctors File Lawsuit Claiming Age Discrimination
Category: Blog | June 26, 2020
Irwin Nash was 73 years old when he filed a complaint with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Yale New Haven Hospital, the primary teaching hospital affiliated with Yale School of Medicine. At the time of the 2018 … Continue reading
Deportation of Honduran Teen Blocked Under Coronavirus Rule
Category: Blog | June 25, 2020
A federal court in Washington, D.C., blocked the deportation of a 16-year-old Honduran boy as part of the first legal challenge to a controversial Trump administration policy that invoked the Public Health Service Act to turn back thousands of immigrants at … Continue reading
More Women Join Workplace Sexual Harrassment Suit Against McDonalds
Category: Blog | June 24, 2020
More women are joining the lawsuit against McDonald’s, which is accused of failing to respond to workplace sexual harassment here in mid-Michigan. Back in November, Jenna Ries filed a lawsuit saying she was harassed and sexually assaulted during her three … Continue reading
Payless Sues Martha Stewart for $1M After Emerging from Bankruptcy
Category: Blog | June 24, 2020
After emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Payless ShoeSource is taking Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. to court. In an attempt to reclaim a $1 million payment it made to Martha Stewart Living prior to filing for Chapter 11 protection in February 2019, Payless filed a … Continue reading
Facebook to Potentially Convert Neiman Marcus Space Following Bankruptcy
Category: Blog | June 23, 2020
Facebook would convert Neiman Marcus’ store on the fifth through seventh floors of Related Companies’ seven-story Hudson Yards retail structure in Hudson Yards, WWD reported. A source told WWD that Neiman Marcus wants to ditch the store after it filed for bankruptcy in May and Related has … Continue reading
DoorDash Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Employee Mistreatment
Category: Blog | June 18, 2020
Delivery company DoorDash is facing a lawsuit from the San Francisco district attorney over allegedly illegally classifying its workers as contractors rather than employees. The charge comes with the accusation that the company failed to help its employees navigate the economic fallout … Continue reading
Morgan Stanley Sued for Discrimination by Former Head of Diversity
Category: Blog | June 18, 2020
The former head of diversity at Morgan Stanley is suing the firm and two of its top executives, including CEO James Gorman, for racial and gender discrimination. According to the lawsuit, which was filed on Tuesday, Marilyn Booker was fired … Continue reading
KKR Wins Auction to Buy Borden Dairy Out of Bankruptcy
Category: Blog | June 17, 2020
Private equity giant KKR and Capitol Peak have won the auction to buy Borden Dairy out of bankruptcy, according to court documents and people familiar with the matter. The deal still needs to be approved by the bankruptcy court in Delaware, where … Continue reading
Federal Government Sued Over Illegal Expulsion of Unaccompanied Migrant Teen
Category: Blog | June 17, 2020
Several nonprofit organizations have sued the federal government on behalf of an unaccompanied 13-year-old migrant girl from El Salvador who was expelled to her home country recently without proper processing by DHS officials under a new policy enacted by the … Continue reading