by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn May 17, 2010, a jury awarded nearly 3.4 million dollars to 12 named female plaintiffs in Velez v. Novartis Corp. There was a 5-week trial in front of District Court Judge Colleen...
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May 27, 2010
May 27, 2010
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn a ruling issued on May 3, 2010 by Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz of the Southern District of California, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was found to have violated the...
May 17, 2010
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyMichael Briscoe was one of the black applicants for promotion to lieutenant in the Supreme Court’s ruling in Ricci v. DeStefano (2009). On remand from the Supreme Court, District Court...
May 17, 2010
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn NAACP v. North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue (2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40067), the NAACP challenged a residency requirement for firefighter candidates excluding applicants living outside...
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyWal-Mart agreed to a settlement of up to 86 million dollars for 232,000 employees alleging nonpayment for vacation or personal leave in accordance with California state law after they...
May 17, 2010
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn May 7 2010, the 11th Circuit affirmed a district court judgment of $630,000 for 14 women (12 nurses, 1 doctor & 1 classification officer) on grounds of third-party sexual harassment....
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyOn April 26, 2010, a panel of eleven 9th Circuit Court judges ruled 6-5 that a class approximated at 500,000 female Wal-Mart employees could proceed with a class action suit in...
April 20, 2010
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyThe first ruling is Haqq v. Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, decided on March 23, 2010 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Haqq, a Muslim woman...
April 20, 2010
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyMy thanks to Dr. Lance Seberhagen (CEO & Director of Seberhagen & Associates) for forwarding the following information.As reported in the BullsEye Newsletter in February 2010, there are...
April 20, 2010
The Associated Press has reported that Hillary Clinton’s name has surfaced as a possible replacement for Justice Stevens, who recently announced his retirement from the Supreme Court.
The report is based on an appearance by Senators Hatch and...
by Art Gutman Ph.D., Professor, Florida Institute of TechnologyIn an April 8, 2010 ruling by Judge Paul A. Magnusen of the US District Court for the District of Minnesota (EEOC v. Minnesota DOC [No. 08-5252 (PAM/FLN]), Judge Magnusen agreed with the...
