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Dentist Who Killed Cecil the Lion Allegedly Sexually Harassed His Receptionist

Dentist Who Killed Cecil the Lion Allegedly Sexually Harassed His Receptionist

Obama Orders Paid Sick Leave for Government Contractors

Obama Orders Paid Sick Leave for Government Contractors

Casino Loses Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Re High Roller

Employers Are Liable for Customer Sexual Harassment in California and Some Other States

Rihanna Financial Manager Sued for Race and Sex Discrimination Because of Alleged Statement that Rihanna is "Hot"

Rihanna Financial Manager Sued for Race and Sex Discrimination Because of Alleged Statement that Rihanna is "Hot"

Employees Awarded $12 million in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit for Being Called Sluts and Accused of Having STD's

Employees Awarded $12 million in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit for Being Called Sluts and Accused of Having STD's

California Passes Historic Equal Pay Law

California Strengthens Its Gender Pay Equality Laws

DUI Checkpoints: Is your Sobriety Checkpoint Legal?

DUI checkpoints are not legal unless fully compliant with the 4th Amendment. A DUI lawyer representing a citizen seized for drunk driving at a sobriety checkpoint can find where police officers have cheated by skipping important steps in the DUI checkpoint approval and implementation process.

Commonwealth v. Giambattista

Confessions

Special Rule Cancellation of Removal or Suspension of Deportation for ABC Class Members and Certain Eastern Europeans

The American Baptist Churches v. Thornburgh (ABC) Settlement Agreement was a class action settlement between a class of Guatemalan and Salvadoran nationals and the United States government rendered in American Baptist Churches v. Thornburgh, 760 F. Supp. 796 (N.D. Cal. 1991) on January 31, 1991.

Bars to Asylum Application

The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) established three bars to applying for asylum. The three bars, found in section 208(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) are: Safe Third Country Bar, Time Limit, Previous Asylum Applications.

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