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Appeals court resurrects suit that may wipe out states' immunity in some cases
A federal appeals court has resurrected a sex and race discrimination suit by a former top administrator in the Alaska governor's office, raising the potential it could wipe out 11th Amendment state immunity to such suits. At issue is whether the federal 1991 Government Employee Rights Act allows high-ranking employees, responsible for forming and communicating policy, a right to sue their employers using federal law.Trump no more: Marina becomes Golden Nugget AC
In Atlantic City, all that's golden is not Trump. New Jersey casino regulators approved the sale of Trump Marina Hotel Casino on Monday to the owners of the Golden Nugget casinos in Nevada for $38 million - about a tenth of what the property was expected to fetch just three years ago.Genetic Bits Lack Specific Utility
More than 100 biotech patent applications part of a land rush to protect bits of identifiable genetic markers most likely will be thrown out as inventions lacking practical use because of a Sept. 7 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.Panel Reduces Charges Finding No 'Serious Physical Injury'
A man who was slashed with a utility knife and suffered a 12-inch-long, three-inch deep abdominal wound did not sustain a "serious physical injury" within the meaning of the Penal Law, according to an upstate appellate panel that reduced a first-degree assault conviction.View more book results for the query "*"
Fewer students apply to top schools
Fewer people applied to law schools for the upcoming academic year, and the number of minority enrollments dropped, according to information released by 19 of the country's top schools.Benefits Reinstated for Teacher Bitten While Breaking Up Fight
A Pennsylvania appellate court panel has ordered reinstated the benefits originally awarded to a Philadelphia schoolteacher who said she suffered psychologically after she was bitten on the arm while breaking up a fight between two fourth-graders. A workers' compensation judge awarded Bartholetti lost wages and medical benefits, but the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board reversed the wages award. A Commonwealth Court panel reinstated the benefits, ruling that the teacher had "shouldered her burden."Trending Stories
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