Tag: National News

Texas Attorney General Office Launches New Crime Vic­tims’ Com­pen­sa­tion Portal

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October 2, 2018

Texas Attorney General Office Launches New Crime Vic­tims’ Com­pen­sa­tion Portal The Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office announced a new portal within the agency’s official website that enables victims and claimants to apply online for Crime Victims’ Compensation and Emergency Medical Care Compensation for sexual assault exams. The Crime Victims’ Compensation portal makes it easier for crime […]

University Of Denver Settles Equal Pay Lawsuit

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October 2, 2018

University Of Denver Settles Equal Pay Lawsuit The EEOC announced in a press release that the University of Denver female full professors at the University’s Sturm College of Law were paid an average of nearly $20,000 less than their male counterparts.  The University of Denver will pay $2.66 million and furnish other relief to settle […]

Kansas City Lab Owner Convicted Of Storing Hazardous Waste

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October 1, 2018

Kansas City Lab Owner Convicted Of Storing Hazardous Waste The Department of Justice has announced that a federal judge found Ahmed el-Sherif, the owner, operator, and radiation safety officer for Beta Chem Laboratory in Lenexa, Kansas, guilty of illegally storing hazardous waste in violation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, announced Acting Assistant Attorney […]

City Of Jacksonville Florida Settles Employment Discrimination Lawsuit

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October 1, 2018

City Of Jacksonville Florida Settles Employment Discrimination Lawsuit The Department of Justice today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with the City of Jacksonville, Florida (the “City”) to resolve allegations that the City’s promotional practices for positions in the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department (JFRD) violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act […]

Party City Faces Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

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October 1, 2018

Party City Faces Disability Discrimination Lawsuit National retailer for party supplies Party City is facing a disability discrimination lawsuit after failing to hire an employee that requires a job coach to accommodate her disability.  Party City Corporation violated federal law by failing to hire a qualified employee with a disability at its Nashua, N.H. location, […]

Denver Law Firm To Settle EEOC Lawsuit

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October 1, 2018

Denver’s Bendinelli Law Firm to Pay $30,000 To Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit A Denver law firm faces a lawsuit for Pregnancy discrimination after a legal assistant was fired the day after revealing her pregnancy.  The Bendinelli Law Firm has agreed to pay $30,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed […]

Operation Breaking Bad NYPD & FBI Take-down of Drug Dealers

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October 1, 2018

Operation Breaking Bad NYPD & FBI Take-down of Drug Dealers The NYPD announced in a press release that officers from NYPD’s narcotics borough, Bronx, and FBI agents executed the takedown of “Operation Breaking Bad,” which targeted a heroin trafficking ring responsible for multiple fatal and non-fatal overdoses in the Bronx and the New York metropolitan area. […]

Macy’s To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

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October 1, 2018

Macy’s To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Macy’s will pay a former long-term employee $75,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC’s lawsuit charged Macy’s with firing an asthmatic employee, rather than excuse a one-day absence the employee needed to […]

Brooklyn Man Arrested For Using Weapon of Mass Destruction

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October 1, 2018

Brooklyn Man Arrested For Using Weapon of Mass Destruction Defendant Killed a Man in Queens with a Destructive Device in Plot to Target NYPD Officers The NYPD announced in a press release that a federal court in Brooklyn, New York, a complaint was unsealed charging Victor Kingsley, a Brooklyn resident, with using a weapon of […]

Diverse Lynx Settles Age Discrimination Lawsuit

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October 1, 2018

IT Staffing Company Diverse Lynx Settles Age Discrimination Lawsuit An official press release from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has announced that Diverse Lynx, LLC, a Princeton, New Jersey-based IT staffing firm with offices in Princeton and Noida, India, will pay $50,000 and will undertake significant remedial measures to settle an age discrimination lawsuit brought […]

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