Helen Christophi, Courthouse News Service SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine breathed new life into its lawsuit accusing the government of downplaying the risks of high cholesterol from eating eggs, even as a federal magistrate indicated she would toss it. U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said at a hearing on Thursday that she was prepared to dismiss the …
Despite the state’s request for an expedited ruling, a federal judge took no action Friday on a request to block the Obama administration’s guidelines to accommodate transgender students. U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor did not issue a ruling from the bench after an almost two-hour-long hearing during which state attorneys — as part of a Texas-led, 13-state effort to block …
Federal Judge Charles S. Haight heard oral comments Tuesday in what was referred to as a “Fairness Hearing.” The hearing, which was open to any New York City resident or organization concerned about NYPD spying, stemmed from two class-action lawsuits, Raza v. City of New York and Handschu v. Special Services Division. The Raza lawsuit was filed in 2013 as a result of news reporting that exposed…
Top HR Trends of 2016 2/4 at at 1 PM EST by clicking here. The use of big data in human resources is all the rage today. More and more companies, at least the large ones, are collecting and using employee and prospect data to be able to make determinations about their workforces.