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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines February 17, 2010

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, February 17, 2010.

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EEOC hit with $4.5 million in fees after dismissal of sexual harassment suit

"In what may be among the largest fee awards imposed by a federal court against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a judge has ordered the agency to pay $4.56 million in attorney fees and expenses to a trucking business after dismissing the agency's sexual harassment lawsuit."

 

Older workers accuse Wal-Mart of bias against them too

"A law firm's newspaper ad seeking witnesses to sexual harassment at a local Wal-Mart store has triggered yet another legal headache for the giant retailer: an age discrimination lawsuit."

 

Florida developers snapping up distressed properties

"After several years of stagnation, Akerman Senterfitt is seeing a 'groundswell of demand' from Florida homebuilders in the market for land. Those builders aren't ready to start constructing new housing, but are positioning themselves to do so when the housing market improves, said Richard Bezold, chairman of the firm's real estate practice."

 

Companies learning to defend their selection of directors

"Public companies are calling upon corporate lawyers to help overhaul their disclosure of executive compensation and director credentials as the Feb. 28 effective date of new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's regulations looms. David Lynn, a Washington lawyer who co-chairs Morrison & Foerster's public companies and securities practice, has been "crisscrossing the country talking with [companies] about how to comply" with the rules."

 

Illinois lobbyist fee struck down as unconstitutionally high

"A federal judge in Chicago granted a preliminary injunction to stop the Illinois secretary of state's office from nearly tripling the registration fee that it charges lobbyists, saying that the proposed $1,000 fee was 'unconstitutionally excessive.' " 

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