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Supreme Court makes it easier to sue businesses

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: March 22, 2011
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court made it easier to haul businesses into court on Tuesday, ruling that investors can sue them for purposefully withholding unproven but damaging information about a product and that employees can sue them for retaliation without having to make a written complaint. The court ruled unanimously to let a lawsuit by [...]


Supreme Court grapples with verbal v. written complaints

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: October 13, 2010
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WASHINGTON — If an employee tells a supervisor of a potentially illegal act, can that be considered filing a complaint? The Supreme Court grappled with that question Wednesday in the firing of Kevin Kasten. Kasten complained to Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics that the time clocks were placed in an illegal location. The company fired him, and [...]


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