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Feds Say Google’s Gender Pay Gap Is ‘Extreme’ Discrimination

In court testimony on Friday, a Labor Department (DoL) official accused Google of “systemic compensation disparities against women,” as part of an ongoing federal probe of the company. DoL Regional Director Janette Wipper testified that,“We found systemic compensation disparities against women pretty much across the entire workforce,” according to a report by the Guardian. Another DoL official …


Lawsuit: Kansas “Encouraged” Rowers Raped by Football Player to Cheer at Games

Kansas is currently being sued by two former rowers who say they were raped by the same football player. The player was investigated and expelled, but in their lawsuits both women say the university still violated Title IX in many ways. They claim that they suffered retaliation from the rowing coaches after reporting what happened; that Kansas ignored a history of sexual assault reports from …


Federal Court Dismisses Lawsuit Requesting Third Party Presence at Presidential Debates

[JURIST] The US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] dismissed [Opinion, PDF] on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by third party presidential candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein against the Commission on Presidential Debates [official website] requesting that third party candidates be included in the presidential debate this year. The candidates did not receive …


US Government Lawsuit Undermines Malaysian Prime Minister

The decision by the United States government last month to launch civil action to recover $1 billion in funds, said to have been looted from Malaysia’s state-owned investment fund, 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), has compounded pressure on Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak to step down. Justice …


Volkswagen Reaches Settlement With US Authorities in Emissions Scandal

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California said Thursday that German automaker Volkswagen AG (VW) has reached a settlement with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), California officials and consumers over a plan to fix or buy back nearly 600,000 diesel-powered vehicles…


Federal Appeals Court Allows Uber to Appeal Approval of Class Action

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] on Tuesday agreed to hear an appeal by Uber of a federal district court order that certified a class of nearly 160,000 drivers in California who challenge their status as independent contractors. Uber’s attorneys argue that the drivers signed away their right to participate in class-action …


Oasis Winter Blues Giveaway

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