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California sues Tesla for discrimination and harassment of Black workers

JURIST

This stands in contrast to the progressive brand of the company and of its head, Elon Musk. DFEH alleged that Black and/or African American workers were relegated to the lowest rungs of the factory’s hierarchy. Several Black employees resigned out of a lack of faith in the fairness in internal investigations.

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Supreme Court on Patent Law for April 2021

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Oracle America, Inc., Argument Pending : One final case is set to be argued this term: Minerva Surgical, Inc. Hologic, Inc., In this case, the employee started his own competing company and was sued for patent infringement. Kingston Technology Company, Inc., 20-271; Rovi Guides, Inc. Iancu , No.

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‘Tis the Season for a CPG Supply Chain Study

FDA Law Blog

Back in July, the White House issued an Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy which set forth 72 initiatives for multiple federal agencies suggesting sweeping and decisive change in antitrust policy and priorities at the agency level. The recent section 6(b) orders were sent to Walmart Inc., Amazon.com, Inc.,

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In Puerto Rico horse-racing dispute, a looming question over independent contractors

SCOTUSBlog

In our modern gig economy, independent contractors constitute an increasingly large share of the American workforce. Companies like Uber, Lyft, and Amazon rely heavily on these workers, because the lack of any formal employment relationship means they do not have to provide them with benefits like health care and retirement savings.

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The Fight Against Medicare Drug Price Negotiations

Fordham Law News

4] Historically, pharmaceutical companies, providers, and insurers have negotiated drug prices behind closed doors. 6] The Secretary of HHS, Xavier Becerra, stated, “For far too long, pharmaceutical companies have made record profits while American families were saddled with record prices.”[7] Only time will tell. [1]

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What You Don’t Know About the Paralegal Job Market

The Estrin Report

The most common ethnicity of paralegals is White (59.6%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (20.2%), Black or African American (9.2%) and Asian (5.7%). Tax practices will grow as M&A picks up, and as companies look to save taxes and plan for potential changes in the tax law. Vice President in a $5 billion company.

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Arbitration-Favored Policy Has its Boundary: Case Study and Takeaways for China

Conflict of Laws

Sundance Inc. This case concerned a class action initiated by a former employee, Morgan against Sundance Incorporate (the owner of a Taco Bell franchise restaurant, hereinafter “Company”) regarding the arrear of overtime payment in the context of Federal law of the USA. Morgan argued that the Company had waived the right to arbitrate.