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The typical American retail worker or cashier is a young woman without a bachelor’s degree, and she’s more likely to be Black or Hispanic than other workers—so she’s more likely to face wage gaps and chronic economic loss. She’s paid low wages for a job with an unpredictable schedule, one that sometimes is set just days in advance and can change with little warning. These unpredictable schedu...

Bank of America and Bank of America Merrill Lynch offices on K Street in Washington, D.C. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM Bank of America and its Merrill subsidiary were sued Friday in California Central District Court over alleged violations of the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act. The court case, filed by Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy on behalf of Angelita Millare, accus...

A recently amended California law will now allow the estates of deceased plaintiffs, including mesothelioma patients, to collect pain and suffering damages. Previously, only the person who sustained bodily injury could recover pain and suffering damages. These damages are often the largest sums of money at stake in many mesothelioma lawsuits. When it becomes law on Jan. 1, Senate Bill 447 wil...

State House News Service BOSTON – As many as 10,000 children in Massachusetts will gain access to school meals under a new student nutrition law that also prohibits a school cafeteria practice state Sen. Cynthia Creem called "unconscionable," supporters said Monday. At a ceremonial bill signing for the measure that became law 10 days ago, Project Bread CEO Erin McAleer said requiring schools...

The new law enforcement memorial outside the Hall of Justice was unveiled Sunday evening. (KOLN) LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A memorial three years in the making was finally unveiled Sunday evening. You’ll now see it outside the Hall of Justice. Three large marble monuments bearing the names and pictures of ten law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in Lincoln and Lancaster County. Of...

HOBOKEN, NJ - Hoboken Councilwomen Jen Giattino and Tiffanie Fisher have asked for an investigation into the restructuring of two Hoboken bar liquor licenses after learning that the attorney representing the city’s ABC Board is employed by the firm representing those bars. Giattino and Fisher said they learned that the law firm Schenk, Price, Smith & King was handling the ownership restru...

Texas' House Bill 3979, which bans critical race theory in classrooms, is making it harder for educators to teach the truth, says a University of Houston professor. The effect of an ambiguous Texas law banning the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) in K-12 schools is now being seen in real time. Earlier this month, state educators made headlines for their struggles to comply with the law,...

On October 20, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued proposed rules under New York’s Commercial Financing Disclosure Law (CFDL) (See S5470-B, as amended by S898). Under the CFDL, commercial financing providers will be required to give consumer-style loan disclosures to recipients at the time a specific offering of finance is extended for certain commercial transactions ...

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Our era of extreme political polarization fuels contempt for anything labeled “compromise.” Neither side wants to give an inch to the other, on any issue, even though everyone compromises every day in countless ways. The economic term for compromise is “tradeoff.” In real life, no one is 100% ideologically pure. We make tradeoffs a gazillion times a day without giving them a single thought. R...