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U.S. Health Care Reform Law Heads to High Court Showdown

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U.S. Health Care Reform Law Heads to High Court Showdown

Key elements of the U.S. Health Care Reform will go before the nation’s highest court next spring, and any decision could become an election year bombshell. The United States Supreme Court announced 14 Nov. 2011, that it will hear oral arguments on a total of four specific questions raised in federal circuit court decisions that […]

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The NBA Lockout As Explained By An Economics Professor

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The NBA Lockout As Explained By An Economics Professor

Labor negotiations for professional sports have become a form of entertainment all to themselves. So it is with the NBA lockout. The complete meltdown of the negotiation between a union that represents a group of very wealthy, very specialized workers – professional basketball players – and the owners of their businesses they work for – […]

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IMDb Lawsuit Shows Age Discrimination Kills Acting Careers

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IMDb Lawsuit Shows Age Discrimination Kills Acting Careers

Age discrimination is rampant, but no where is it more apparent than the entertainment business. In the old days, actors and especially actresses, could manipulate their birth dates and get away with obfuscation. Actors and actresses could also be considered for roles playing characters much younger than their actual ages. But this is the 21st […]

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EEOC Acts On Rule for Age Discrimination in Employment Act

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EEOC Acts On Rule for Age Discrimination in Employment Act

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is conducting a public meeting 16 Nov 2011, to vote on a proposed rule providing guidance for what constitutes a “reasonable factor other than age” in defending claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The agency also will have a panel discussion, “Overcoming Barriers to the Employment of Veterans […]

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Dresser Rand Settles EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

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Dresser Rand Settles EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Dresser Rand C0. has agreed to pay $110,000 and provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced today, 8 Nov 2011. According to the lawsuit, Harry Davis, a Jehovah’s Witness employed at Dresser Rand’s Painted Post, N.Y., location, had a […]

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Corporations Couldn’t Wait to ‘Check the Box’ on Huge Tax Break That Allegedly Created Jobs

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Corporations Couldn’t Wait to ‘Check the Box’ on Huge Tax Break That Allegedly Created Jobs

By Jeff Gerth, ProPublica, and Megan Murphy and Vanessa Houlder, Financial Times This article was co-published with the Financial Times. A simple rule meant to cut paperwork for U.S. companies has grown into one of the biggest multinational tax breaks around, costing the United States and other governments billions of dollars in lost taxes each […]

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American Companies That Outsource Confront New Legal Risk

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American Companies That Outsource Confront New Legal Risk

The United States 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a lower court ruling that three defendants in India could not be sued in a Connecticut court based on the fact that they provided services for clients based in the state. The three Indian citizens were accused by Glenwood LLC, a Connecticut-based medical billing company, […]

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Do Regulations Really Kill Jobs? Not So Much

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Do Regulations Really Kill Jobs? Not So Much

By Marian Wang, ProPublica It’s become a mantra on Capitol Hill and a rallying cry for industry groups: Get rid of the job-killing regulations. In recent days, with nearly every one of the GOP presidential [1] candidates [2] repeating [3] that [4] refrain [5], the political echo chamber has grown even louder. Earlier this month, […]

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