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Facebook sued for giving preference to visa workers

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million to eligible victims of Facebook’s alleged discrimination and train its employees on the anti-discrimination requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Under the DOJ settlement, Facebook was required to pay a civil penalty of $4.75 million to the US, $9.5

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Foreign intelligence surveillance and immigration

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involving whether punitive damages that are twice compensatory damages and fall within a state’s statutory punitive damages cap are constitutionally excessive. Garland is an immigration case. The post Foreign intelligence surveillance and immigration appeared first on SCOTUSblog. 27 and Oct.

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Justices asked to review Arizona’s life-without-parole sentencing scheme for youths

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citizenship in a timely petition for review, a court of appeals may reject the challenge and affirm the removal order on the ground that the petitioner waived or forfeited the citizenship claim in immigration proceedings. Credit Bureau Center, LLC v.

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Free exercise, greenhouse-gas regulation, and a slew of other relists from the long conference

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involving whether punitive damages that are twice compensatory damages, and fall within a state’s statutory punitive damages cap, are constitutionally excessive. Three cases involving lawsuits over allegations that police officers used excessive force. Epic Systems Corp v. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

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Supreme Court to address private employee whistleblower protections and public entity damages for covering up childhood sexual assault

At the Lectern

It followed a default judgment in the Labor Commissioner’s action for damages and statutory penalties against a since-closed night club after the club owner fired a bartender and threatened to report her to “immigration authorities” when she complained about unpaid wages. ” (Link added.)

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Risky Business: Appearance of ‘Risk’ Manager Sends Oberlin Students into Frenzy over the Danger of ‘Risk Aversion’

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The jury in June 2019 awarded the Gibsons $44 million in compensatory and punitive damages. At Northwestern University, students took over a class and forced it to end because the professor invited an immigration officer to discuss issues with students. A judge later reduced the award to $25 million.

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Municipalities of Puerto Rico v. Exxon: a unique class action against fossil fuel companies presses for climate accountability in the United States

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In addition to more intense storms, the municipalities allege other physical climate change impacts, including coral reef degradation and massive algal blooms, as well as social, educational, and economic losses, including increased immigration from the municipalities and damages to the agricultural industry.