Family Law: Change in circumstances required modification of visitation order to limit non-custodial parent’s visitation to ensure the best interests of the child

The NY Supreme Court, Appellate Division, held that a custodial parent established change in circumstances that required modification of visitation order to limit non-custodial parent’s visitation to ensure the best interests of the child; non-custodial parent harassed and threatened custod...
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Supreme Court Rules on Retaliation against a Worker’s Family Members or other Close Associates

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled,  in a unanimous opinion written by Justice Antonin Scalia, that the fiancé of an employee who had filed a gender discrimination charge against their mutual employer was protected by the anti-retaliation provision of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The...
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Bank of America Corp to pay $410 million to settle lawsuits

Bank of America Corp to pay $410 million to settle lawsuits accusing it of charging customers with excessive overdraft fees, court documents show. The largest U.S. bank by assets is among the more than two dozen U.S., Canadian and European lenders named as defendants in the class-action litigation, ...
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Judge Denies New Trial to Law Firm re $7.3M Emotional Distress Verdict Won by Former Client

A Maine judge has upheld a jury verdict that awarded $7.3 million in damages for emotional distress to a businessman who contended he was double-crossed by a law firm he hired. A Cumberland County jury last summer said the Portland law firm of Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer and Nelson worked against Peter...
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