Women Pressured for Sex, Degraded by Senior Management Official, Agency Charged - JACKSON, Miss. - A Jackson-area Save-A-Lot grocery store operated by Venture, Inc. will pay $325,000 and furnish other relief to settle a class sexual harassment...
IBM is being sued by a group of shareholders for who say it concealed its cooperation in a National Security Agency surveillance program that has cost the company sales and led to a decline in stock prices.
For the first time in open court, a federal judge has ruled that the NSA's phone metadata program, which collects information on almost all calls in the nation, is likely unconstitutional. In a suit filed by legal activist Larry Klayman, U.S.
GST: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES "REVERSE CHARGE" RULES FOR THE SALE OF BUSINESSES AND FARM LAND - The GST Act presently provides an exemption for the sale of a "going concern" or for the sale of "farm land". Where the exemption requirements are met,...
On December 3, 2013, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Atlantic Marine Construction Co. v. United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. The facts in Atlantic Marine did not involve a covenant-not-to-compete, but all...
I. FLORIDA STATE CASES – SASHA FUNK GRANAI - Final Judgment: final judgment not final appealable order where related claim for breach of note remained – Centennial Bank v. NFP 1, LLC, No. 1D13-4516 (Fla. 1st DCA Dec. 5, 2013) (appeal dismissed)....
Retailers in 27 states can hold and fine suspected shoplifters without proof and without even involving police and the courts, the Associated Press reports in a holiday season feature.
Luckily, the Justice Department and SEC’s recent FCPA settlements with Weatherford and Bilfinger do not fall into the Big Lebowski “complicated case” category. They are both examples of cases in which companies suffered systemic compliance...
On December 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a set of parens patriae suits filed by the Mississippi Attorney General (AG) against credit card issuers is not subject to federal jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness...
When Port Richey police arrived to a post-midnight call related to a man asleep behind the wheel of a red SUV, they discovered that the drowsy driver was none other than the city manager. What happened next has been the subject of intense scrutiny...
