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One Problem in the Workplace Nobody is Talking About: Weight Discrimination
Imagine how you’d feel if you didn’t get a promotion because of your religion or skin color. The only good news would be that you could probably sue your employer for discrimination. -
Best of Legally Speaking: Going Nuts Over Nuts and Other Legal Silliness
Virginia Tice seems like your average, sweet little 65-year-old lady in Bonneau, S.C.-hardly the sort of person who would spark a First Amendment controversy. But that's exactly what's happened after she pulled her pickup truck into a gas station on July 5 and got a $445 ticket from a local policeman. -
Step right up and be amazed by a lawyer-like sleight of hand!
Ah yes, the old shell game. You knew the pea was under one of three shells. You saw the operator put it there. You followed his movements closely. Then you placed your bet, picked your shell, and lost your money. -
Seventh Circuit: Class action against Shell ultimately pointless
Richard and Sonya Coffman of The Coffman Firm in Beaumont CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals judge had trouble finding the purpose of a class action lawsuit filed against Shell over its credit card receipts. -
Legally Speaking: Going Nuts Over Nuts, and Other Legal Silliness
Virginia Tice seems like your average, sweet little 65-year-old lady in Bonneau, S.C.�hardly the sort of person who would spark a First Amendment controversy. But that's exactly what's happened after she pulled her pickup truck into a gas station on July 5 and got a $445 ticket from a local policeman. -
Class action cy pres awards give judges a slush fund, critic argues
Judge Richard Posner calls cy pres awards "purely punitive."