Four police officers and two supervisors have been indicted in the post-Katrina shooting deaths of civilians on New Orleans’ Danziger Bridge. The federal cases alleging federal civil rights violations involve two civilians killed and four others who were wounded on… Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com
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The two men who flashed badges and drove a black SUV with strobe lights weren’t real law enforcement and in fact turned out to be phony cops. Two men were recently arrested in Prince George’s County after posing as officers… Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com
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Police Impersonators Arrested in Robbery
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On July 13, 24 Hour Fitness, a nation-wide fitness company, became the subject of an employment discrimination suit.
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24 Hour Fitness Hit with Discrimination Suit
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Was there a “Sham Prom,” or wasn’t there? That is the question. Or perhaps the question is: what the heck is a Sham Prom? … Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com
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Mississippi School Board Denies Sham Prom
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A shortage in thiopental sodium, the drug used in lethal injection procedures may put executions in Arizona on hold a while longer. Executions were set to resume after three years and a period of legal wrestling over an acceptable method of lethal..
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Hooters is being sued by a former employee who says that she was bullied by management about her weight. Now with her attorney, Richard Bernstein, she is fighting back with a lawsuit in Macomb County, Michigan. … Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com.
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The ACLU has joined a new high school sexting case. The civil liberties organization is assisting a 19-year-old Pennsylvania woman in the lawsuit against her former high school for a violation of privacy….
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Families and colleagues of the Massey mine workers killed in the explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine are alleging that Massey Energy Co. used a system to alert workers of the presence of safety inspectors.
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Were Massey Mine Workers Used to Hide Safety Violations?
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If you have been following the story of gay Mississippi teen Constance McMillen and her fight to take the date of her choice (in the outfit of her choice) to her prom in Fulton Miss., you know that McMillen and the… Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com.
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