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Archive for November, 2006

“The Convict”

November 30, 2006 at 1:17 pm by: Julie Elgar

LITIGATION VALUE: $500,000
I’d say that Martin (“the Convict”) Nash has a damn good race discrimination case. First his boss publicly humiliates him by announcing that he is a convict, and then, during the same speech, asks his co-workers to name trustworthy people so he can identify an African-American whom he trusts more. [...]

“Branch Closing”

November 9, 2006 at 12:19 pm by: Julie Elgar

LITIGATION VALUE: $150,000 in defense costs — unless (and that is a big unless) the WARN Act applies.

“Diwali”

November 2, 2006 at 12:17 pm by: Julie Elgar

LITIGATION VALUE: $350,000
My grandmother always said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. I never knew exactly what she meant. Until now. Michael’s diversity training, well intentioned as it may have been, provides ample evidence of discriminatory bias against employees of Indian descent in general and of Kelly in particular. Indeed, Michael’s [...]