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A waiter cut loose from the Waverly Inn tossed a stone at the “glass house” of Graydon Carter, slamming the New York City restaurant’s co-owner for criticizing President Donald Trump while purportedly mistreating his own workers, according to a proposed class action filed Wednesday in New York federal court… Read this piece in its entirety…
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California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye used her annual State of the Judiciary speech on Tuesday to highlight the problem of discrimination and sexual harassment in the justice system, calling for a more accessible and equitable judicial branch… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Lyft Inc. is looking to kill a patent suit by a retired professor who says he invented the concept underlying the ride-hailing business, telling a California federal court Monday that his patent only describes an abstract idea for running a taxi dispatch service using computers… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Tuesday announced a lawsuit charging a Mountain State diocese and its former bishop with violations of state consumer protection laws for allegedly failing to tell parents of kids attending church-run schools and programs about past abuse accusations against employees… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday pared down a jury award of nearly $3 million to a former PPG Industries Inc. scientist for her wrongful termination, saying the panel had been “too generous” in granting 10 years of front pay… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 