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• August 17, 2018

  Courts Can Hear Bias Suits Sans EEOC Complaint: 10th Circ.

  Courts in the Tenth Circuit can hear employment bias cases even if the workers bringing them did not file a timely complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission before suing, an appeals panel said Friday in a sprawling order that narrowly revived a disability discrimination suit against BNSF Railway Co.

• August 17, 2018

  Nissan '0% Financing' Suit Tossed for Lack of State Claim

  A New Jersey federal judge on Thursday dismissed a putative class action alleging that a Nissan services contractor and a car dealership used a service agreement with higher interest rates than stated to rip off a car buyer, finding the warranty statute governing the suit mandates plaintiffs plead an underlying state-law claim.

• August 17, 2018

  Jury Clears Airport-Adjacent Co. In Fatal Jet Crash Case

  An Atlanta jury on Friday evening cleared industrial manufacturer Milliken & Company of any liability for a business jet crash that killed five people, rejecting claims by the children of one of the victims that Milliken should pay $20 million because it improperly allowed construction of a power pole the plane hit.

• August 17, 2018

  Ford Accused Of Hiding Focus, Fiesta Transmission Defect

  A putative class action accusing Ford Motor Corp. of hiding an alleged transmission defect in its Focus and Fiesta vehicles was removed to California federal court Thursday, while Ford urged the judge to send the case to multidistrict litigation pending in Los Angeles.

• August 17, 2018

  NY, Others 'Stand Ready' To Fight Over Scientific Study Rule

  A coalition of 15 states, the District of Columbia and others threatened to sue the Environmental Protection Agency over a proposed rule requiring disclosure of the scientific study data behind regulations, saying Friday the coalition will go to court if the agency proceeds with “this misguided effort.”

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