Legalized Sports Gambling Strikes Out, For Now
The NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL were quick to remind New Jersey that there's no such thing as a safe bet. The major professional sports leagues have filed a lawsuit...
Offside: Lawyer Sued While Buying Soccer Club
Although Italian sports have a reputation for being less-than-upfront, this time the trouble is being caused in America. Joe Tacopina, the rockstar lawyer who has represented the likes of Alex...
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Calling All Energy Drinkers!
Contrary to popular belief, Red Bull does not actually give you wings. "The energy drink company recently agreed to pay consumers more than $13 million to settle a proposed U.S. class-action suit...
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Exonerated Man Dies Suddenly Before Settlement
55 year-old William Lopez was exonerated of a 1989 murder conviction in January 2013. Witness reports charged Lopez with the murder of a drug dealer, although no physical evidence was...
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Businesses Fire Employees Because Of Gender Issues
According to the Huffington Post, A Michigan funeral home and a Florida eye clinic reportedly fired employees because they are transgender. According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Home and Lakeland Eye Clinic violated federal law by discriminating on gender stereotypes.
At the funeral home in Michigan, an embalmer and funeral director, Amiee Stephens, was fired in 2013 after being employed for six years. She told her boss that she was transitioning from male to female and her boss fired her, according to the EEOC. In 2011, Brandi Branson was fired as the director of hearing services at the eye clinic in Florida. She was also transitioning to become a female and was subsequently fired.