Supreme Court Limits Pay Discrimination Suits
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A divided Supreme Court today ruled that workers may not sue their employers for unequal pay because of discrimination that may have occurred years earlier.
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The Supreme Court yesterday substantially weakened restrictions on the kinds of television ads that corporations and unions can finance in the days before an election, providing special interest groups with the opportunity for a far more expansive role in the 2008 elections.
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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court turned away a challenge Monday to the federal do-not-call registry, ending telemarketers' bid to invoke free-speech arguments to get the popular ban on unwanted phone solicitations thrown out.    The court, without comment, let stand a 10th U.S...
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The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide an important workplace issue of whether the federal civil-rights law protects a worker from dismissal for cooperating in an employer investigation of sexual harassment.
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The U.S. Supreme Court handed business groups a victory on Tuesday by ruling that federal law limits pay discrimination lawsuits to a six-month period after the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected integration plans in two major public school districts but left the door open for the limited use of race to achieve diversity
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The Supreme Court ruled Monday that home care workers are not entitled to overtime pay under federal law.
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Manufacturers may set a fixed price for their products and forbid retailers from offering discounts, the Supreme Court said yesterday, overturning a nearly century-old rule of antitrust law that prohibited retail price fixing.
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The Supreme Court on Monday put restrictions on companies that want to voluntarily clean up their polluted land and sue former owners to share the costs.
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A former tire plant employee is asking the Supreme Court to uphold a jury verdict in her pay discrimination lawsuit in a case that employers and civil rights groups are watching closely.
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The Supreme Court considered Tuesday whether a landmark gender equity law shields people who report discrimination, hearing the case of an Alabama girls basketball coach who was fired after complaining that the boys were treated better.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday stepped into a dispute over a labor union's use of fees paid by non-union employees to finance the labor organization's court battles in other states.
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The California Supreme Court unanimously upheld a ruling that prohibits managers from procuring jobs for their celebrity clients.
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The Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped a dispute over gay marriages, rejecting a challenge to the nation's only law sanctioning such unions.
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The ruling was a big setback to Wal-Martâs efforts to block the nationâs largest sex discrimination lawsuit.
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The Supreme Court today sidestepped a dispute over same-sex marriages, rejecting a challenge to the nation&#39;s only law sanctioning such unions.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday curbed investor lawsuits against businesses accused of scheming to inflate stock prices.