Spelling out relief; female workers argue lack of job-site toilet facilities is unfair

Article Abstract:

Cases claiming that the lack of job-site toilet facilities have a disparate impact on women or constitute a hostile work environment for them are discussed.

Health aspects, Cases, Supply and demand, Women, Women's health, Employment discrimination, Public restrooms

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Into the breach; ABA responds quickly to assist victims of terrorist attacks

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The quick response by the ABA to help victims of the World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks of 2001 is discussed. This includes the This includes the Young Lawyers Division's Disaster Legal Services teamand ABA President Hishon's Task Force on Terrorism.

Services, A.B.A., World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001

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Banking on fear

Article Abstract:

US banks had to write off many bad loans in the mid-1980s due to causes starting with a collision of tight monetary policy leading to high interest rates and the Reagan administration's deregulation agenda. The 1987 Savings and Loan Association Bailout Crisis was caused by many more financial failures than frauds, but overzealous banking regulators have still managed to foster a culture of fear and of massive consequences for technical errors.

Banking industry, Laws, regulations and rules, Cover Story, Deregulation

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