Litigation

"Spying Employers Raise Legal Hackles":
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Judicial Notice: New York Judge Orders Himself a Raise
Justice Edward H. Lehner has taken the ultimate form of judicial notice. His salary is too small so he has ordered the legislature to give him and the rest of the state’s 1,250 judges a raise within 90 days...

Spying On Employees
Spying employers raise legal hackles is an interesting August 18, 2008 National Law Journal article (registration required). The article reports that a growing number of employers are spying on employees suspected of abusing FMLA leave...

Boston Globe on Station nightclub fire
The quest for peripherally involved deep pockets to mulct came off very successfully, which some of those quoted in the piece view as disturbing and others, sadly, as almost something to celebrate...

Do big companies dance mostly with big law firms
Many in the US legal industry probably believe that big law departments mostly hire big law firms. After all, deep pockets face more lawsuits, for more millions of dollars, and on more cutting-edge transactions than do their smaller competitors...

"Clinton gets deep-pockets boost from loyalists"
The SF Chronicle has this report on the activities of the "WomenCount" political action committee, which has reportedly spent at least $140,000 in the last month on newspaper ads around the country supporting Senator Clinton...

Discrimination
Federal laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability

Best Law Movies
Greatest Legal Movies selected by ABA Journal

Lawyer Jokes
Law Humor

Bextra Injury Risks
Bextra Increases Risk of Fatal Heart Attack

Bausch Lomb Renu Moistureloc Linked to Eye Infection Fusarium Keratiti
Contact Lens Solution Product Recall

Paxil Lawsuit
Paxil Claims, Lawsuits, and Injuries

Nestle
Recalls 215,660 Pounds of Hot Pockets Pepporoni Pizza Stuffed Sandwiches

Discrimination
race, gender, disability, religious or age discrimiation.

Wal-Mart
To Pay $17.5 Million To Settle Race Bias Suit

Kodak
Settles Race Discrimination Class Action for $21 Million

Compass Group
Faces Federal Race Discrimination Class Action

Speedway Fatality
'Amazing Race' family wins lawsuit with Daytona Speedway.