Bank Waived Right to Arbitrate Because It Did Not Show Intent to Arbitrate

Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Teachers’ Age Discrimination Claims

Employee Allowed to Pursue Rights Under Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Title VII Because Arbitration Was Inadequate Forum

Deadline for Filing Title VII Claim Tolled Because of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Mistakes

Eighth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in Favor of Employer in Age Discrimination Suit

Ageist Comment by Primary Decision Maker Constitutes Direct Evidence of Age Discrimination

Applying McDonnell Douglas and Price Waterhouse Tests, Third Circuit Finds for Employer in Age Discrimination Suit

Waiver of Age Discrimination in Employment Act Invalid Under Older Workers Benefits Protection Act

Trust Account Is Not Excess Resource When Probate Court Refuses to Release Funds Until Child’s Eighteenth Birthday

Executives’ Ageist Comments, Reflecting Cumulative Managerial Attitude, Were Properly Admitted by Court

Amici Curiae Argue That Family Medical Leave Act Protects Laid-Off Worker in Rehiring Decision

Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Breach of Fiduciary Action Brought by Employees Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act

Nurse Claiming Hospital Where She Worked Filed False Claims for Medicare and Medicaid Lacked Standing

Federal Courts Do Not Have Jurisdiction to Hear Resident Aliens’ Claims That Attorney General Targeted Them for Deportation Because of Their Unpopular Political Beliefs

Hospital Denied Review of Upward Adjustment of Routine Cost Limits Under Medicare

Wisconsin’s Public-Policy Exception to the Employment-at-Will Doctrine Extended to Nursing Home Workers

Supreme Court, Reversing, Holds That Private Insurer’s Decision to Suspend Benefit Payment Pending Independent Review of Medical Treatment Is Not State Action

Illinois Department of Public Aid Agrees to Enforce Consent Decree That Mandates Service of Income-Withholding Notices on Payors of Child Support

Amicus Challenges County’s Failure to Reunify Disabled Parents with Their Children by Not Exploring Available Services, Supports, and Assistive Technology

California May Not Impose Copayment for Respite Services on Parents of Children with Disabilities

Bankruptcy Statute Disallows Compensating Attorneys from Debtor’s Estate for Work Performed After Appointment of Chapter 11 Trustee

Students Seek Education Department’s Discharge of Their Loans Because School Closed Down

Education Department Agrees to Notify Student Borrowers About False Certification Discharge Program and to Put Loans in Protected Status

Debt Collection Notice Appearing on Reverse Side of Form Sent to Consumers Who Bounced Checks Is Sufficient

Mortgage Lender Agrees to Reimburse Victims of Discriminatory Lending Policies

Court Refuses to Dismiss Class Action Claim on Whether Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act Allows Yield Spread Premiums

Court Denies Motion for Summary Judgment Because Debt Is Covered by Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

Consumer with $500 Damages Award for Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Violations Granted $14,753 Attorney Fees

Collection Agency Letters Violated Validation Notice Rule of Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

Bad Check Is a Debt Under Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Does Not Implicitly Require Nationwide Class Certification

Collection Agency’s Letter Violated Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Because It Could Not Apprise Least Sophisticated Debtor of Right to Verify Debt

Rent-to-Own Operators Unable to Enjoin Vermont Attorney General from Requiring Disclosure of Effective Annual Percentage Rate

Language in Collection Letter Did Not Overshadow 30-Day Validation Notice

Collection Agency Violates Fair Debt Collection Practices Act in Incorrectly Citing Debtor for Violating State Law on Hot Checks

Third-Party Collectors of Dishonored Checks Must Comply with Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

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