Are May-September suits only ones that will fly? Supreme Court to hear arguments that an older employee can't go to trial when he's replaced by another 'old-timer.'
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The US Supreme Court will decide in O'Connor v. Consolidated Coin Caterers Corp. whether a court deciding an age discrimination in employment case can weigh the replacement worker's age as part of the evidence that a prima facie case has been made. A ruling in the plaintiff's favor would increase the number of Age Discrimination in Employment Act cases corporations are faced with. Verdicts in such cases can be much higher than those in other Title VII actions and such cases are on the increase at a time when corporate downsizing is becoming more widespread.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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Lab scandal? What scandal? A year later, no reversals linked to FBI lab impropriety; few challenges
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Criminal defendants have not rushed to their lawyers since the Apr 1997 report of Justice's Office of the Inspector General alleging major wrongdoing in three units of the FBI's crime laboratory. Only 20 defedants have tried to get their convictions overturned, and only two lawyers have applied to review internal FBI documents obtained by the National Ass'n of Criminal Defense Lawyers. As far as attorneys for both sides can tell, no convictions have been overturned as a result of the lab scandal.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1998
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Ethics scandal swamps N.H. supreme court; one justice resigns, and another may be impeached
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A description of the ethics conflict embroiling the New Hampshire Supreme Court is given, which began with accusations against one of the justices early in 2000 of improper participation in cases. Justice W. Stephen Thayer has resigned and Justice Philip McLaughlin is threatened with impeachment.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 2000
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