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37,000 female managers of Family Dollar Stores, Inc, sued the company in a class action (a lawsuit with multiple plaintiffs, each of whom suffered an injury or financial loss from the same cause) claiming gender discrimination in pay. The company has...

All three of the women settled sexual harassment suits that they had brought against men who were working with them. All three of them had nondisclosure clauses in their settlements. However, the three women, McKalya Maroney, a gold and silver women's...

Sometimes, public figures’ employment difficulties shed light on evolving legal issues. Gretchen Carlson, a Fox News anchor until she was terminated because of low ratings on her afternoon show, “The Real Story,” has filed suit against...

The Internet Era has given us information quickly and universally. However, information is often not fact, and allegations are just that, allegations. So, when complaints filed in lawsuits are available online (and most are because courts use electronic...

Ruby Tuesday, Inc, a casual restaurant chain, is being sued for gender discrimination by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). That agency enforces federal laws that prohibit employment discrimination. The case involves hiring in 2013...

A federal court judge has ruled that a group of female vice-presidents and senior vice presidents of the third largest advertising agency in the world can sue as a class. The woman complained of lower salaries than men (8.5% to 11.2% less), higher termination...

Wal-Mart v. Dukes, --- S.Ct. ----, 2011 WL 2437013 (U.S.), was the nation's largest discrimination class action suit against Wal-Mart, the nation's largest retailer - until June 20, 2011. Betty Dukes, Christine Kwapnoski, Edith Arana, and 1...

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Herman Cain is running for the presidential nomination from the Republican party. Over the last few days, Mr. Cain has been the subject of over 8,000 stories about his alleged sexual harassment of female employees of the National Restaurant Association...

A model for the TV show The Price Is Right won a judgment exceeding $8.5 million for pregnancy discrimination . Of that amount, $770,000 was for compensatory damages and $7,769,440 for punitive damages. Complications developed with the second pregnancy...