#Limited reopening of NYC senior centers is ‘not fair’

#Limited reopening of NYC senior centers is ‘not fair’

“#Limited reopening of NYC senior centers is ‘not fair’” Take your masks and shove ’em! A Manhattan man insists the city’s elderly should be able to gather without COVID-19 restrictions, and calls Monday’s limited reopening of senior centers “not fair.” Daniel Lipsman went to court May 24 to force the city to bring its senior…

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#McDonald’s beats racial bias lawsuit brought by black franchise owners

#McDonald’s beats racial bias lawsuit brought by black franchise owners

“#McDonald’s beats racial bias lawsuit brought by black franchise owners” A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing McDonald’s of racial discrimination for steering black franchise owners to underperforming stores. In a decision on Tuesday, US District Judge Harry Leinenweber said the plaintiffs did not show that McDonald’s executives or managers treated black store owners differently from non-black…

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#Texas hospital workers suspended for refusing COVID vaccine

#Texas hospital workers suspended for refusing COVID vaccine

“#Texas hospital workers suspended for refusing COVID vaccine” A Houston-based hospital system has suspended 178 employees without pay for two weeks for refusing to get the coronavirus vaccine, according to reports. Houston Methodist CEO Marc Boom wrote in an internal message obtained by the Washington Post Tuesday that nearly 25,000 of the health care system’s…

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#Bristol-Myers Squibb sued for .4B over delayed cancer drug

#Bristol-Myers Squibb sued for $6.4B over delayed cancer drug

“#Bristol-Myers Squibb sued for $6.4B over delayed cancer drug” Bristol-Myers Squibb was sued for $6.4 billion on Thursday for allegedly delaying its Breyanzi cancer drug to avoid payments to shareholders of the former Celgene, which the drugmaker bought in 2019. According to a complaint in Manhattan federal court, Bristol-Myers failed to use contractually required “diligent efforts”…

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#Scooter Braun sued over failed venture

#Scooter Braun sued over failed venture

“#Scooter Braun sued over failed venture” Music exec Scooter Braun, best known for his ugly public spat with Taylor Swift, lured a high-flying financier into a dead-end job by name-dropping stars like Kanye West, according to a new lawsuit.  Former Goldman Sachs partner Peter Comisar says Braun duped him into leaving his lucrative gig at…

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#Asbestos-related lawsuits are clogging up NYC court system

#Asbestos-related lawsuits are clogging up NYC court system

“#Asbestos-related lawsuits are clogging up NYC court system” Asbestos-related lawsuits are clogging up the Big Apple’s court system — and forcing companies to needlessly shell out tens of thousands of dollars in legal bills, a new study has found. The New York Civil Justice Institute found that some law firms wrongfully name companies as defendants…

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