LITIGATION
Plaintiffs’ lawyers decry delays in HRT litigation
Hormone-replacement therapy litigation has stalled while judges await a U.S. Supreme Court ruling next term in a key pharmaceutical product liability case.
Trials in Texas, Florida and Alabama have been postponed while judges await the Court's ruling in Wyeth v. Levine.
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EMPLOYMENT
EEOC issues new guidance on workplace religious bias
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a new Compliance Manual Section dealing with religious discrimination in the workplace.
The number of filings complaining about this type of discrimination rose to a record high last year.
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PERSONAL INJURY
Claim for negligent misdiagnosis may be timely
A claim for the negligent misdiagnosis of cancer isn’t time-barred, the Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled.
The doctor argued the suit wasn't timely because the original misdiagnosis occurred more than four years before the error was discovered.
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D.C.
House passes gender equity pay act
Before its August recess, the House of Representatives passed a bill designed to combat gender pay discrimination.
The Paycheck Fairness Act, which passed by a vote of 247 to 178, would treat gender discrimination involving pay in the same manner as race, disability and age discrimination claims.
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