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Home Daily News Lawyer alleges BigLaw firm fired her 11 days… Disability Law Lawyer alleges BigLaw firm fired her 11 days after she disclosed epilepsy diagnosis, violating disability law By Debra Cassens Weiss April 10, 2025, 9:00 am CDT A former lawyer at Ballard Spahr has filed a lawsuit alleging that she was fired for taking medical leave after suffering gastrointestinal problems and a seizure. (Image from Shutterstock) A former lawyer at Ballard Spahr has filed a lawsuit alleging that she was fired for taking medical leave after suffering gastrointestinal problems and a seizure. Kimberly Steefel, a former of counsel…
Take note, residents…If you’re an Abu Dhabi resident and in the habit of hanging laundry or carpets on your balcony or window, you’ll want to take note of this new announcement.The UAE capital’s Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT) announced earlier this week via X that drying your laundry or hanging up rugs on balconies or windows that face public roads can lead to fines amounting to as much as Dhs2,000 for repeated offences. The announcement comes as part of the city’s vision to maintain the city’s beauty and aesthetic. If it’s your first offence, it could cost you Dhs500,…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. When news broke in January that the Trump Justice Department was freezing significant work on civil rights litigation, including police reform cases, attention immediately focused on two cities: Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky. Both places were on the cusp of entering court-enforced agreements to overhaul their police forces after high-profile police killings there sparked a nationwide reckoning over race and policing. But it’s now clear that the administration’s move will be felt well beyond those two cities. In fact,…
The Trump administration has said it is freezing more than $2bn in federal funds for Harvard University, just hours after the elite college rejected a sweeping list of demands from the White House.”Harvard’s statement today reinforces the troubling entitlement mindset that is endemic in our nation’s most prestigious universities and colleges,” the Department of Education said in a statement.The Trump administration sent Harvard a letter on Friday that added to a list of requirements it said were designed to fight antisemitism on campus, including changes to its governance, hiring practices and admissions procedures.Harvard strongly rejected the demands in a letter…
President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that he might temporarily exempt some auto manufacturers from tariffs he previously imposed on the sector, to give carmakers time to adjust their supply chains.”I’m looking at something to help some of the car companies with it,” Trump told reporters gathered in the Oval Office.The Republican president said automakers needed time to relocate production from Canada, Mexico and other places, “and they need a little bit of time because they’re going to make them here, but they need a little bit of time. So I’m talking about things like that.”The statement hinted at yet another…
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Apr 14, 2025 at 10:47 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Monday, April 14, SCOTUSblog (Apr. 14, 2025, 10:47 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/the-morning-read-for-monday-april-14/ Source link
Bold. Innovative. Visionary. At a time when many courts are losing the battle to provide access to justice, especially in low-income communities, the Arizona Supreme Court has brought fresh ideas to bridge the justice gap. Vice Chief Justice John Lopez, at the invitation of the ABA Crossroads Caucus, discussed innovations his court has recently put in place in a conversation with moderator Mark Martin, dean of High Point University School of Law at the ABA Midyear Meeting in Phoenix in February. As reported by the Legal Services Corporation in its most recent Justice Gap Study in 2022, low-income Americans do…
Dubai airport is the busiest for international traffic…Dubai International Airport (DXB) has maintained its position as the world’s busiest airport for international passenger traffic in 2024, according to a report released today by Airports Council International (ACI) World, Emirates News Agency has reported.Preliminary figures indicate that the 2024 global total passengers are close to 9.5 billion, representing an increase of 9 per cent from 2023, and in 2025 are predicted to reach 9.9 billion.The busiest airports for international passengers in the world are as follows: Dubai Airport (DXB) London Heathrow (LHR) Incheon, Korea (ICN) Singapore, Singapore (SIN) Amsterdam, NL (AMS)…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Just a week into President Donald Trump’s second term, Rep. Adriano Espaillat began to see reports of Puerto Ricans and others being questioned and arrested by immigration agents. So Espaillat, a New York Democrat, did what members of Congress often do: He wrote to the administration and demanded answers. That was more than 10 weeks ago. Espaillat has not received a response. His experience appears to be common. At least a dozen members of Congress, all Democrats, have…
A private plane carrying six people crashed in an open field in upstate New York on Saturday, killing all on board, authorities say.Among those on board were celebrated former Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) football player Karenna Groff, her parents and her brother, according to a family statement.The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the family had been travelling for a holiday celebration when the crash happened.A video of the final seconds of the flight obtained by officials showed the aircraft intact before it crashed into the ground at a high rate of descent, the NTSB said.A joint family…