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Pepsi’s $3M, Racially-Biased Background Check

Do you use criminal background checks when you are contemplating hiring a job applicant? PepsiCo does, and had to pay…

Corporate Falsehoods Information

Jim Holland has had many concerns with the well-being of workers in the United States economy. He has written many…

Jacksonville Children’s Commission Loses Top Executive

Executive director of the Jacksonville Children's Commission, Linda Lanier, will step down from her post in March in order to…

Right to Work Bill Approved by Indiana State Senate

A measure placed before the Indiana Senate was approved, making Indiana the first of the heartland states to allow a…

Obama Outlines Economic Programs in State of Union Speech

President Barack Obama in his State of the Union speech has offered several economic proposals that Republicans have immediately labeled…

Ex-Kerry Aide Arrested for Outing Gitmo CIA agents

John Kiriakou, 47, a former CIA operative has been arrested for outing CIA operatives who were working at Guantanamo Bay.…

Latham & Watkins Announces Bonuses

It is official, spring bonuses are late. In 2011, Sullivan & Cromwell announced its spring bonuses on January 21. It…

FDA May Approve Pot-Based Prescription Drugs

The US Food and Drug Administration may be close to approving prescription drugs derived from marijuana. It was almost 25…

From Pedestrian to Jury Member

Many of us dread receiving a mail summons to jury duty: not only are we expected to juggle around our…

Justice Schweitzer Refuses To Accept Cadwalader’s Request To End Law Suit Regarding Decade Old Loan Advice

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft gave advice to a securities company in Japan in the 1990s regarding the safety of commercial…

Republicans Attack Right To Work Vote In Indiana

A vote is sitting in the Indiana House. If won, the vote will make Indiana a right to work state.…

Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff to Close

The law firm of Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff Inc., from California, will shut down after a verdict was issued against…