Late last week, the EPA announced that online retailer Amazon.com Inc will pay $1.2 million for violating American pesticide regulations. Reuters reports that the digital business committed nearly 4,000 violations of the law, allowing illegal pesticides or products containing illegal pesticides to be sold across its domain. As part of the settlement, Amazon agreed to
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Verizon Customer’s Personal Photos Transferred Onto Random Device
Officer Let Go for Refusing to Shoot Suspect Settles Lawsuit
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A lawsuit was just filed against Taylor Farms in California by “16 current and former employees… alleging racial discrimination, a hostile work environment, and more.” The lawsuit was filed earlier this week on Monday. All 16 of the plaintiffs, who are African-American, “worked at the Tracy manufacturing plant.” According to the lawsuit filed on their behalf, “they were subjected to an unending cycle of racially-charged harassing and discriminatory behavior.”
People are terminated from jobs all the time for one reason or another, but that reason isn’t always legal in the eyes of the law. That’s when wrongful termination lawsuits pop up, such as the lawsuit that was just filed against CSX Transportation. For those who don’t know, CSX Transportation supplies rail-based freight transportation throughout the United States and Canada. The lawsuit against the company was filed in the “U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia Huntington Division” on behalf of “46 former railroad workers…for alleged wrongful termination.”
The legislative landscape is changing, as the party that promised Freedom is now telling us to bend over, accept the erosion of our rights, and like it.
Judge Says Income Should be Considered When Determining Bail
As the winter Olympics continue, recent comments made by gold medal winner Shaun White managed to cause quite a stir and reminded many of a lawsuit between the Olympic snowboarder and the former drummer of his band Bad Things, Lena Zawaideh, that was settled last year. Not exactly the type of attention White was hoping for shortly after winning his “third Olympic gold medal in the men’s half pipe at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.” But what happened? Well, earlier this week while attending a news conference, White was asked about the lawsuit and whether he thought Zawaideh’s allegations of sexual misconduct “would tarnish his legacy.” In response, White replied, “You know honestly, I’m here to talk about the Olympics, not, you know, gossip. But I don’t think so.”