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Dish Network to pay $1.25M in discrimination case
Category: Blog | October 10, 2019
Dish Network has agreed to pay $1.25 million to compensate job seekers who alleged a discriminatory online application process denied them the opportunity to work at the Douglas County satellite television provider, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced. Dish Network … Continue reading
Prison guards win in $125M Missouri overtime case
Category: Blog | October 9, 2019
A state appeals court sided with thousands of Missouri prison guards in a case that will cost taxpayers an estimated $125 million. In a decision by the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District, a panel of judges denied each of … Continue reading
140 ransomware attacks on local governments, police and hospitals
Category: Blog | October 9, 2019
Just this year alone, 140 attacks targeting public state and local governments and health care providers have been reported, according to a tally by the cybersecurity firm Recorded Future, which has tracked attacks on local governments since 2013 and the … Continue reading
Illinois workers can now sue employers for jobsite injuries
Category: Blog | September 24, 2019
A new Senate Bill recently signed into Illinois law creates changes to the Workers’ Compensation Act that allow workers to bring civil lawsuits against Illinois employers in occupational injury and disease cases. Illinois employers have relied on the fact that the … Continue reading
$5M Verdict for Estate of Woman Shot Outside Nightclub
Category: Blog | September 23, 2019
The surviving daughter of a woman who was shot outside of a Fort Pierce nightclub in March 2015 recovered a $5 million verdict for her mother. Attorneys Michael Haggard and Christopher Marlowe with the Haggard Law Firm represented Teaira Nicole … Continue reading
Entertainment Benefits Group Settles Two EEOC Lawsuits for $925,000
Category: Blog | September 23, 2019
The Miami-based travel and entertainment company Entertainment Benefits Group (EBG) has settled sexual harassment and disability lawsuits for $925,000 and injunctive relief with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). EBG failed to provide accommodations to employees with disabilities and … Continue reading
Supreme Court should affirm employment rights of LGBTQ
Category: Blog | September 23, 2019
The Supreme Court should hold that the federal statute which prohibits employment discrimination “because of sex” prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and against transgender individuals. When the Supreme Court returns from its summer recess, among the first cases it … Continue reading
Deputy Sheriff Owes Ohio $235K for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Category: Blog | September 23, 2019
A Zanesville man and former county deputy sheriff must reimburse the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation nearly $235,000 in restitution following his felony conviction for workers’ compensation fraud Monday in a Franklin County courtroom. A judge ordered Gregory A. Fitzer, … Continue reading
YouTube Smacked With $170M Bill for Child-Targeted Ads
Category: Blog | September 4, 2019
Google on Wednesday agreed to pay a record $170 million fine and to make changes to protect children’s privacy on YouTube, as regulators said the video site had knowingly and illegally harvested personal information from children and used it to … Continue reading
Purdue Pharma prepares ‘free-fall’ bankruptcy as settlement talks stall
Category: Blog | September 4, 2019
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP is preparing to seek bankruptcy protection before the end of the month if it does not reach a settlement with U.S. communities over widespread opioid litigation, after some states balked at the company’s $10 billion … Continue reading