Trial Ordered on Pa. Discrimination Suit
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A judge has ordered a trial on a federal lawsuit claiming that a physical agility test the city of Erie used for police applicants unfairly discriminated against female candidates.
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A sexual-discrimination lawsuit against EMC could be opened up to other female workers.
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By Associated Press  JACKSON, Miss. - The Mississippi Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a mother and son who lost a lawsuit that claimed Sherwin Williams Co. was responsible for the lead paint that made the boy sick.
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A justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court and a powerful coal-company executive met in Monte Carlo, as the executiveâs companies were appealing a $50 million jury verdict against them to the court.
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A landmark sex-equity law should protect people who report complaints of discrimination, the Supreme Court was told yesterday as it heard arguments in the case of an Alabama coach who was fired when he protested the unequal treatment of his girls&#39; high
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JACKSONVILLE, Ala. -- Lilly M. Ledbetter says she almost stopped breathing when she heard her name called that day, her eight-year battle over alleged pay discrimination finally reaching the ultimate legal forum, the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The lawsuit against the financial services company founded by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg accused the company of discriminating against women.
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By Terrie Morgan-Besecker, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Times Leader  Feb. 3--HAZLETON -- Attorneys for the city are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that challenges the city's Illegal Immigration Relief Act.
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The first trial for one of the several thousand lawsuits that Louisiana homeowners filed against their insurers in federal court after Hurricane Katrina gets under way this week.
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The trial is one of a host of legal difficulties facing Siemens that has shaken the country unlike any other recent business scandal.
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By DAVID PITT  DES MOINES, Iowa - One of the last remaining consumer class-action antitrust lawsuits filed against Microsoft Corp. in a state court is set to go to trial in November, and the company's co-founder and chairman is on the witness list to testify.
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A US court rules female staff claiming discrimination by retail  giant Wal-Mart can go ahead with a class action.
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Company says changes were made due to information that came to light during the trial and to address concerns raised by the judge.
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Merrill Lynch over its treatment of an Iranian Muslim employee.
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PITTSBURGH - A woman accused of marrying two other men while still married to a western Pennsylvania man has been charged with bigamy, according to state police. Julia J. Bish, 34, of Hempfield, faces a preliminary hearing Tuesday on two misdemeanor bigamy charges.
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By MARIE ROHDE  A jury began deliberations Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by the City of Milwaukee that seeks $52.6 million in reimbursement for the remediation of lead paint, which has been linked to health problems and mental retardation in young children.
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A longtime local government worker is fired after she cooperates with an investigation of sexual harassment allegations against a high-ranking official. The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether federal civil rights law protects employees from such retaliation.