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Age Discrimination Suit Settled for $570k

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has set a precedent for old geezers everywhere by forcing a law firm to remove restrictions on salary for its older partners as they...
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Police Misconduct Costs Beloit $265,000

Beloit, Wisconsin will have to pay $265,000 to a teenager who was illegally strip-searched in public by a police officer.  Conner Poff was sitting in his car with some friends...
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Foreclosure Settlement Finally Official

The US District Court judge for the District of Columbia signed off, finally, on the big $25 billion foreclosure settlement between five banks, the federal government, and most of the...
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Divorce Is Final, Says Court

The New York Court of Appeals ruled today that a Bernie Madoff victim can't redefine the terms of his divorce on account of his losses to Madoff's fraud.  Steven Simkin...
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