March 31, 2011
Bank of America Corp. won the dismissal of a bias lawsuit by black financial advisers at the former Merrill Lynch & Co. who said they were paid lower bonuses than white counterparts to stay on when the companies merged. Wednesday’s …
March 29, 2011
Supreme Court justices sharply questioned Tuesday whether more than a million female employees can join together against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in the largest class-action sex-discrimination lawsuit in history. The justices seemed sympathetic to Wal-Mart in considering whether a small group …
March 4, 2011
Legislation revising parts of Missouri’s laws on workplace discrimination is moving through the state Senate. The chamber gave first-round approval to a bill changing the legal standard people must meet when they file suit claiming they were fired for discriminatory …
March 2, 2011
A Mississippi company that pleaded guilty to conspiracy related to the largest U.S. workplace raid on illegal immigrants is now facing a lawsuit accusing it of discriminating against non-immigrants who applied for jobs. A discrimination lawsuit filed in U.S. District …