#Tyson fires 7 at Iowa pork plant after COVID betting probe

#Tyson fires 7 at Iowa pork plant after COVID betting probe

“#Tyson fires 7 at Iowa pork plant after COVID betting probe” Tyson Foods has fired seven top managers at its largest pork plant after an independent investigation into allegations that they bet on how many workers would test positive for the coronavirus, the company announced Wednesday. The company said the investigation led by former US Attorney General…

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#Ex-Gawker editor withdraws lawsuit against Daily Beast

#Ex-Gawker editor withdraws lawsuit against Daily Beast

“#Ex-Gawker editor withdraws lawsuit against Daily Beast” ­­­An editor who got tapped to lead an ill-fated effort to revive Gawker last year has withdrawn a defamation suit against an ex-employee — but claims she’s being intimidated by lawyers.  Carson Griffith — who in January 2019 got accused in a lengthy Daily Beast exposé of making…

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#Pinterest to pay .5 million to settle former executive’s discrimination suit

#Pinterest to pay $22.5 million to settle former executive’s discrimination suit

“#Pinterest to pay $22.5 million to settle former executive’s discrimination suit” Pinterest said it will pay $22.5 million to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit brought by former chief operating officer Françoise Brougher. The social-media firm announced the deal Monday, about four months after Brougher filed the complaint alleging that Pinterest’s bosses shut her out of…

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#NYC’s becoming an even nastier ‘judicial hellhole’

#NYC’s becoming an even nastier ‘judicial hellhole’

“#NYC’s becoming an even nastier ‘judicial hellhole’” Even though the pandemic delayed much litigation for most of 2020, New York City managed to qualify as one of the nation’s top “judicial hellholes” for the third year in a row, and actually got worse.  The American Tort Reform Foundation’s annual Judicial Hellhole report ranks the jur­isdictions…

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#Trump rages at SCOTUS for rejecting Texas election lawsuit

#Trump rages at SCOTUS for rejecting Texas election lawsuit

“#Trump rages at SCOTUS for rejecting Texas election lawsuit” President Trump harshly condemned the Supreme Court for its decision not to hear a Texas lawsuit looking to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The decision came despite Trump having appointed a third of the current Justices. “This is a great and disgraceful miscarriage…

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