Tag: Law Firm Ratings

What is a Citizen’s Arrest?

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October 24, 2018

What is a Citizen’s Arrest? Generally, it is expected that only sworn police officers or law enforcement officers are allowed to make arrests. However, there are certain circumstances that allow citizens without any badge to make arrests and that ultimately is what is known as a citizen’s arrest. To define a citizen’s arrest simply, it […]

What You Should Know About The Texas Castle Law

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October 21, 2018

What You Should Know About The Texas Castle Law or Castle Doctrine Ever heard of a castle law or perhaps a castle doctrine? If not, you are fortunate because this article delves a bit into the intricacies of the concept. The Institutes of the Laws of England in the year 1628 said and I quote, […]

McDonald’s Pays $56K For Discrimination Lawsuit

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October 15, 2018

A McDonald’s Restaurant in Missouri refused to interview a deaf job applicant and is facing a Disability Discrimination by the EEOC.  McDonald’s Corporation and McDonald’s Restaurants of Missouri will pay $56,500 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination suit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. EEOC […]

Understanding Child Support In Texas

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October 12, 2018

Understanding Child Support In Texas Caring for the emotional and economic needs of a child as well as who takes custody of the child is one of the most important topics that are often raised when a couple decides to part ways and divorce. Most courts when deciding who gains custody of the child make […]

Denton County Judgment in EEOC Equal Pay Lawsuit

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October 7, 2018

Denton County to Pay $115,000 After Judgment in EEOC Equal Pay Lawsuit EEOC announced in a press release that Denton County in Denton Texas will be ordered to pay a judgement in which a female doctor was paid less than a male doctor at the Health Department. Denton County will pay $115,000 to a female […]

Whole Foods to Pay $65k to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit

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October 7, 2018

Whole Foods to Pay $65k to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit Austin, Texas based Whole Foods Market, will pay  $65,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit  brought by the U.S. Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that Whole Foods Market  violated federal law by […]

Texas Roadhouse To Pay $12 Million Settlement

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October 7, 2018

Texas Roadhouse To Pay $12 Million To Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Lawsuit National Restaurant chain Texas Roadhouse has been ordered to pay $12 Million Dollars in Settlement for an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit filed by victims of a hiring and discrimination lawsuit. An EEOC Official Press Release announced that Texas Roadhouse will pay $12 […]

Applebee’s Settles Sex Discrimination & Retaliation Suit

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October 5, 2018

Applebee’s Restaurant Franchisee to Pay $100,000 To Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination and Retaliation Suit National Restaurant Franchise Applebee’s will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit for sex-based harassment and retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The announcement comes after an Applebee’s employee was […]

Salvation Army Sued For Disability Discrimination

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October 5, 2018

The EEOC has announced in a press release that the Salvation Army is facing a lawsuit for refusing to hire a potential employee due to his intellectual disability.  Global humanitarian organization The Salvation Army will pay $55,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission […]

7-Eleven Faces Lawsuit For Disability Discrimination

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October 5, 2018

The EEOC announced that an Oklahoma chain of 7-Eleven stores is facing a Discrimination Lawsuit for failing to makes accommodations for workers with disabilities and firing them. Brown-Thompson General Partnership, dba 7-Eleven, a chain of Oklahoma convenience stores, violated federal law when it failed to provide reasonable accommodations to workers with disabilities at the company’s […]

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