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D.C. Circuit: Sleeping Is 'Major Life Activity'
The D.C. Circuit has ruled that sleeping is a "major life activity" under the federal Rehabilitation Act. Reversing its own precedent, the court also held that a plaintiff doesn't have to show that his sleep disability affected his waking activities in order to move forward with a discrimination claim. The plaintiff in the case had alleged that the FBI discriminated and retaliated against him because of a post-traumatic stress disorder that substantially limited him in the major life activity of sleeping.Checks, Balances: Two Books, Two Approaches to Civil Liberties
In 1948 an Air Force B-29 bomber exploded over Georgia, killing nine of the military crewmembers and civilian contractors aboard.Daily Decision Service Alert: Vol. 20, No. 49 ? March 15, 2011
Daily decision alert.Union for Golf Officials Employed By PGA Tour Files Legal-Mal Suit
The Professional Association of Golf Officials has filed a malpractice suit against a Lima, Pa., partner and his firm — allegations the defendants deny. In Professional Association of Golf Officials v. Phillips, Campbell & Phillips, et al., PAGO alleges the defendants fell "asleep at the wheel" and "guided" PAGO "into a less than advantageous position" during and in the context of collective bargaining.Pa. allows artificial-hormone-free milk labels -- with disclaimers
The Pennsylvania Agriculture Department on Thursday reversed a ban that would have prevented dairies from labeling milk as free from artificial growth hormones.View more book results for the query "*"
Federal Circuit Leaves Chippendales Nearly Naked
The decadelong battle that Kilpatrick Stockton's Stephen Feingold has waged to help Chippendales -- the famous strip club that caters to women -- nail down the strongest possible trade dress protection for its dancers' "outfits" may have ended Friday, but not the way Feingold had hoped. The Federal Circuit upheld earlier decisions holding that Chippendales' "cuffs & collars" mark has "acquired distinctiveness," but is not "inherently distinctive," which Chippendales claims is stronger protection.Current and Former Prosecutors Clash on Suit Over Indigent Defense
Former Enron Accountant Testifies
Starting off the eighth week of the Enron fraud trial of Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, former Arthur Andersen partner John Sult testified that Lay told analysts there were no goodwill impairment issues at Enron's Azurix water unit related to utility Wessex Water, even though accountants had estimated hundreds of millions of dollars worth of potential losses and Azurix executives were trying to hide them.NYC juror claims threat by fellow juror
NEW YORK AP - Jury deliberations have turned nasty at the New York City trial of a lawyer charged in a giant fraud at commodities brokerage giant Refco Inc..One juror said in a note read in court Thursday that another juror has threatened to cut off his finger or send her husband after him.The jury is in its sixth day of deliberations over the fate of lawyer Joseph P.Trending Stories
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