Age suits allowed to proceed; keeping severance ok'd
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Judges in Oberg v Allied Van Lines Inc and Collins v Outboard Marine Corp held for the first time that failure to return severance pay does not void employees' rights to bring age discrimination suits if the waivers they signed were invalid by Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990 (OWBPA) standards. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act was amended with the OWPBA in 1990 and courts have disagreed on the effect of failure to return severance pay on employee rights to sue.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1992
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The disaffected leave the ABA; new bar group to form?
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Some 2,000 attorneys have resigned from the ABA in protest against the pro-choice policy adopted by the association's House of Delegates at the 1992 annual meeting. The policy favors legislation supporting a woman's right to choose and opposes state or federal legislation that restricts that right. The ABA first adopted a pro-choice policy in 1990 and rescinded it just six months later out of concern at 1,500 protest resignations.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1992
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