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Suit: Teachers Fired for Being Jehovah's Witnesses |
| Two former teachers in Florida’s Lee County School District have filed a lawsuit against the district, claiming they were fired after school officials learned they were Jehovah's Witnesses. The plaintiffs claim the school principal tried to force them to participate in a staff-wide "Christian" activity and then took steps to ensure they were not rehired at the end of their contracts. The plaintiffs are seeking back-pay and possible reinstatement within the district. Sabina Bhasin, Naples News 08/30/2012 | Read Article: Naples News |
E-Books Price Fixing Lawsuit Settled |
| Three book publishers will pay a total of $69 million to settle a lawsuit accusing them of conspiring to fix e-book prices. The lawsuit claimed the publishers worked together to impose a distribution model in which publishers set book prices, eliminating competition. As part of the settlement, retail companies such as Amazon.com will be allowed to lower prices on e-books without having to consult publishers. Andy Vuong, Denver Post 08/29/2012 | Read Article: Denver Post |
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Citigroup Settles Shareholder Lawsuit |
| Citigroup Inc. will pay $590 million in a shareholder suit accusing the company of hiding billions of dollars of toxic mortgage assets. Shareholders said they experienced "massive losses" after the bank backed much of their debt obligations with subprime mortgages. The suit was filed in 2008; in that year, Citigroup lost a total of $27.68 billion. Jonathan Stempel, Reuters 08/30/2012 | Read Article: Reuters |
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Suits Filed over Deaths in Kansas Grain Silo |
| Four wrongful death lawsuits have been filed over the deaths of workers in a grain-dust explosion at a silo in Atchison, Kan., last year. The lawsuit, which names Bartlett Grain Co. LP Senior VP Bob Knief as a defendant, details basic safety hazards that were allegedly ignored by company officials. Families of the victims say the company had no emergency action plan and that systems were “unsafe and inadequate.” Mike McGraw and Dawn Bormann, Kansas City Star 08/30/2012 | Read Article: Kansas City Star |
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