Courts give hope to the downsized: judges, jurors punish corporate deception in ERISA, bias lawsuits
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Downsized employees have won suits by invoking laws including ERISA, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and the Worker Adjustment and Retrainaing Notification Act. Some legal specialists attribute the plaintiff victories to anti-bias legislation enacted in the 1980s interpreted by judges of wrongful discharge litigation. Richard A. Epstein, author of a book attacking employment discrimination laws, feels market forces should be relied on both to decide who should have a job and to create new jobs for those downsized.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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Notre Dame coaches go to the mat; new appellate ruling could help defense in bias suit
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The 1998 case of Hoffman v. MCA, Inc. ruling that conversational comments are insufficient to sustain a claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act will very likely influence the pending age discrimination and defamation case of Indiana football coach Joe Moore, but Moore attorney Richard E. Lieberman downplays the significance, maintaining there is a direct connection between the age-related remarks and the adverse employment decision.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1998
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Bias law booms; huge verdicts, new laws rock the employment litigation bar
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Employment discrimination litigation has increased by 2,000% since 1970. Formerly, litigation involved discrimination in hiring, but it appears to have shifted to firings. The Civil Rights Act of 1991 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 will probably increase employment litigation, and the pressure to use arbitration to settled these cases. Some controversy exists about the ability of litigation to effect social change.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1992
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