US Antitrust Watchdog Launches Broad Microsoft Investigation
The US Federal Trade Commission has opened an antitrust investigation of Microsoft Corp., drilling into everything from the ...
Georgia Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty to $3 Million Tax Fraud
A Georgia tax preparer pleaded guilty to filing more than $3 million on fraudulent tax returns on behalf of her clients, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
School Workers Get Second Shot on Anti-Racism Free-Speech Appeal
The Eighth Circuit Wednesday agreed to rehear an appeal by two Missouri school workers who claim job training they received ...
How the Debate Over WFH and RTO Mandates Has Evolved: QuickTake
During the pandemic lockdowns that began in 2020, millions of office workers suddenly abandoned their workplaces and started ...
DOD Must Face Worker's Retaliation Claims Over EEOC Complaints
The Department of Defense lost its bid to dismiss claims brought by an employee who alleges he faced retaliation after filing age and race discrimination complaints with the Equal Employment ...
PBGC Approves Application for CIC Lumber Industry Pension Plan
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance program by the Carpenters Industrial Council Lumber Industry Pension Plan, the agency ...
PBGC Approves Application for Teamsters Local 1034 Pension Fund
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance program by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1034 Pension Fund, the ...
Trafigura Bets Troubled Carbon-Credits Market Poised for Rebound
Trafigura Group, the commodities trading giant, is positioning for record growth in the beleaguered market for carbon credits, as it bets new regulatory frameworks will propel the instruments into the ...
Vivendi Says a Small Investor Is Seeking to Delay Vote on Split
Vivendi SE said investor CIAM has filed with the Paris Commercial Court to postpone its shareholder meeting scheduled for next month and delay its plan to break up the company.
Case: Voluntary Dismissal Without Prejudice Granted in Declaratory Judgment Case on Tax-Exempt Status (T.C.) (IRC §7428)
The U.S. Tax Court has discretion to grant a motion for voluntary dismissal without prejudice in declaratory judgment cases filed under I.R.C. §7428, held the court. Petitioner, a Louisiana ...
Law Firm Denied Summary Judgment on Ex-Worker's Age Bias Suit
A debt collection law firm failed to convince a federal judge to grant it summary judgment on an age discrimination claim from an employee terminated at 70 after she violated a company policy.
Case: Discrimination/Race Discrimination (E.D. Tex.)
A Texas federal court partially denied Texas Specialty Physicians’ motion to dismiss the claims of a Black cardiologist that he faced race discrimination and retaliation for complaining about the ...