Banker in sexism case was unfairly dismissed
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A senior banker who claimed she was victimised by her bosses yesterday won her legal action for unfair dismissal against the American investment bank Merrill Lynch.
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A state court judge in Seattle has dismissed the third and final claim of a lawsuit brought by a violinist who accused the Seattle Symphony and its music director, Gerard Schwarz, of abuse and discrimination. The violinist, Peter Kaman, charged that the orchestra had discriminated against him because of his disability â a severe anxiety disorder â and systematically harassed him. The judge, Catherine Shaffer of King County Superior Court, previously dismissed the discrimination claims and last week threw out a claim that Mr. Kaman had suffered outrageous conduct and emotional distress. Mr. Kamanâs lawyer, Brenda Little, said on Monday that she would file a motion for the judge to reconsider last weekâs ruling; an appeal of the earlier dismissals is already pending, she said. The lawsuit was the latest chapter of turmoil in the orchestra: Mr. Schwarz has faced persistent opposition from players, several of whom have said they were targets of vandalism.
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A judge dismissed on Monday the murder case against one of two men charged in the fatal shooting of the half-sister of Venus and Serena Williams.
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By Bloomberg News. A judge dismissed a lawsuit against Lawrence J. Ellison, chief executive of the Oracle Corporation, and Jeffrey O. Henley, its chairman, that accused them of insider trading
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A U.S. judge dismissed criminal  charges on Monday against 13 of 16 former employees of  accounting firm KPMG in a tax-shelter case, saying prosecutors  inappropriately interfered with their defense.
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A US judge has dismissed the racketeering case against media tycoon Lord Black brought by Hollinger International.
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IT sales account manager in England seeks compensation after winning her sex discrimination case.
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A federal judge dismissed Hollinger International Inc.&#39;s $1.25 billion racketeering suit accusing former Chief Executive Conrad Black and businesses he controls of looting more than $380 million from the company.
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A fired female broker has sued Morgan Stanley  for alleged sex discrimination, barely four months after the investment bank agreed to pay &#36;54 million to settle a landmark bias case.
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Business & money: Ill-judged comments saw deluge of customers reclaiming bank charges, says lawyer
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Hollinger International&#39;s $US1.25billion ($1.7 billion) legal action alleging racketeering against former chief executive Conrad Black and businesses he controlled was dismissed by a US federal judge last Friday.
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A Canadian women's fitness gym was cleared on Tuesday of charges that it illegally discriminated against a man by barring him from becoming a customer.
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A federal appeals court yesterday tossed out a judge&#39;s ruling that the plus-sized actress was entitled to $88.5 million from her late oil-tycoon husband, who married the former Playmate when he was 89.
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But blame shared, says Tribunal A woman whose email insults about her boss caused her to be sacked was unfairly dismissed, an Employment Tribunal has ruled. But she will not be reinstated and will only receive compensation of 12.5 per cent of her losses because she was 75 per cent to blame.â¦
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A judge has dismissed an exonerated prisoner's claim that investigators and a prosecutor violated his civil rights by framing him in a murder for which he spent 17 years on death row.
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A banker suing Merrill Lynch for Â£7.5m for sexual discrimination was losing her department Â£560,000 a week, an employment tribunal heard yesterday.
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A state jury in Massachusetts awarded almost $2 million to a former employee of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., after finding that the retailer underpaid her and then fired her as a result of gender discrimination.