Councils pension fund settles Under Armour legal claim – BBC.com
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, The clothing company has a market capitalization of more than $3 billion. Article information author, Craig Williams role, BBC Scotland News 2 hours ago Lawyers for pension funds representing workers at three Scottish local authorities have won a $434 million settlement from US sportswear maker Under Armour. The North […]
St. Louis settles earnings tax case, will allow refunds for pandemic years – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Attorney Mark Milton, center, surrounded by four of his six clients and with co-counsel for the plaintiffs, Bevis Schock, told reporters at their Clayton office on Friday, June 14, 2024, that they had won their three-year battle against the city of St. Louis in their income tax case. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com By Laurie […]
Virginia tech company settles allegations over whites-only job listing
Northern Virginia technology company Arthur Grand Technologies has agreed to pay $38,500 to settle a discrimination lawsuit related to job ads. The Justice Department said the company ran job ads that specified a preference for white candidates who were born in the United States. Arthur Grand Technologies claimed the posts were made by “disgruntled Indian […]
After ‘whites only’ job posting, tech staffing firm settles with DOJ
A Virginia-based tech company will pay thousands of dollars to advertise jobs asking for “whites only” applications. The Departments of Justice and Labor assessed a civil penalty of $7,500 against minority-owned federal contractor Arthur Grand Technologies, Inc. They also ordered the federal contractor to pay a total of $31,000 to 31 people who complained about […]
Biden Admin Settles With Norfolk Southern For $310M Over Ohio Train Derailment
Smoke rises from a derailed freight train in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 4, 2023. The train accident caused a massive fire and an evacuation order, officials and news outlets said Saturday. A 50-car train derailed from the tracks near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border late on February 3, but no injuries or deaths were reported. The […]
Major Pharmacy Chain Settles With Christian Nurse Over Contraceptives Case
CVS Health Corporation settled with nurse practitioner Robyn Strader after she sued the company after it stopped providing religious accommodations regarding “pregnancy prevention services.” Strader said she had been granted a religious exemption for six years permitting her to not prescribe contraceptives, and filed the lawsuit in January 2023 after having been fired following the […]
CA School District Settles With Christian Fired After Rejecting Trans Rules
A California school district has agreed to pay $360,000 in settlement to a former Christian teacher who was fired for hiding a student’s “gender identity” from parents and refusing to use the student’s preferred pronouns. . This week, the Jurupa Unified School District Board approved a settlement between former high school physical education teacher Jessica […]
Tesla settles ex-worker’s lawsuit alleging she was sexually harassed 100 times
Tesla, facing a series of lawsuits related to sex and racial discrimination, has settled a lawsuit brought by a former factory employee who said he was fired after complaining of severe sexual harassment. San Francisco U.S. District Judge William Orrick dismissed Tiyonah Turner’s 2023 lawsuit on Monday, a day after she and Tesla notified the […]
Philadelphia Pastor’s Daughter Settles Lawsuit with Hillsong Church Over Indecent Assault
A pastor’s daughter has reached a private settlement with Hillsong Church, just over three years after she publicly said she was sexually assaulted by a married Hillsong Church administrator while attending Hillsong University. On Monday, after a five-day civil trial, a private settlement was reached in Pennsylvania between Hillsong and Anna Crenshaw, daughter of Victory […]
Britney Spears settles legal battle with estranged father, officially ending conservatorship
Pop music icon Britney Spears reached a settlement with her estranged father, James P. Spears, more than two years after the court-ordered termination of her conservatorship that gave him control over her affairs. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed following court filings made by both parties in the Los Angeles Superior Court on […]