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Firm Behind “Fearless Girl” Statue Agrees to $5M Settlement in Gender Discrimination Lawsuit

- October 10, 2017

Do you remember the “Fearless Girl” statue staring down the Charging Bull on Wall Street? Since it’s installment, “Fearless Girl” has stood as a symbol of female equality and empowerment, which is why some find it a bit ironic that the firm behind it, State Street, is set to “pay millions of dollars to women employees who say it treated them unfairly.” Some of the allegations, in particular, came from female employees who claim they were paid “less than their male counterparts.”

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Verona Resort and Spa Pushes Back Against Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

- October 10, 2017

After being accused of discriminating against a pregnant employee, Polaris Guam, otherwise known as Verona Resort and Spa, has responded to a “lawsuit filed against them for pregnancy discrimination, denying the allegations and claiming the pregnant employee wasn’t fired but that she quit on her own.” The lawsuit against the resort was filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in District Court earlier this year on behalf of the “former employee who was allegedly fired because she was pregnant.” So what happened?

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West Virginia Jury Awards Woman $5.8M In Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

- October 4, 2017

When most people go to the hospital for a surgery, the last thing they plan on is something bad happening. Most people trust their doctors to make the best decisions regarding their health and certainly trust them not to make any life-changing mistakes. Unfortunately for one Bluefield woman, a thyroidectomy performed in February 2014 resulted in an injury that prompted the woman to file a medical malpractice lawsuit against her doctor, Michael Covelli.

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Complaints Allege New York Police Department Has Problem with Discrimination within Ranks

- October 4, 2017

Complaints from within the New York Police Department suggest the nation’s largest law enforcement agency could have a problem with racial discrimination. In a lawsuit filed last week, three African-American men accused the NYPD’s intelligence division of discriminating against them. The complaint, as reported by The New York Times, hearkens back to a 2016 ruling

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Lawsuit Claims Royal Caribbean Risked Lives of Passengers

- October 4, 2017

When Hurricane Harvey tore through Texas, it turned many people’s lives upside down. The Houston area, in particular, was a dangerous place to be, which is why some passengers of a Royal Caribbean cruise have decided to file a class-action lawsuit. It turns out that while everyone else was fleeing the area or hunkering down in their homes for safety, passengers of a Liberty of the Seas cruise scheduled to leave August 27th were essentially told there was nothing to worry about. According to the lawsuit, “by failing to cancel the August 27th sailing of Liberty of the Seas out of storm-ravaged Galveston, Royal Caribbean put passengers in danger.”

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