Treaty limits Title VII actions against foreign-owned companies
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The Seventh Circuit court ruled on Dec 3, 1991 against the discrimination claim of three US citizens against the American operations of Quasar Co. The former executives, fired in a restructuring, claim their Japanese colleagues received preferential treatment. The court rejected the plaintiffs' claim that they were protected by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, holding that Quasar has the right to select Japanese nationals for management of its US subsidiaries under the 1953 Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between Japan and the US.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1992
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Epileptic drivers
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The First Circuit agreed that the Department of Transportation was correct to enforce a rule which prohibits epileptics from driving commercial vehicles. In seeking a waiver of the rule driver Alden Ward noted that he has not had a seizure for seven years. Ward argued that the Federal Rehabilitation Act and School Board of Nassau County v. Arline justified his request for a waiver. The court held that Traynor v. Turnage limits Arline, and that the Department of Transportation had acted in accordance with the federal laws.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1992
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Solicitation; 30-day direct mail ban struck
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A federal district court in McHenry v Florida Bar found the state's 30-day ban on securing the business of disaster victims by direct mail advertising to be unconstitutional. The ban was struck down on constitutional grounds because it was a content restriction rather than dealing with the time and format of the advertising.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1993
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