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The Lesser-Known UC Davis Settlement

The news in the past couple of days has been awash with the announcement of the California Supreme Court task force's report on the infamous UC Davis pepper spraying incident....
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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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