OKLAHOMA (Thurs., July 27) — Workers recruited from the Philippines to work in hospitality businesses in Oklahoma under the H-2B guest worker program filed a federal lawsuit today alleging they were induced to pay high recruitment fees and then were paid less than they had been promised, denied the lodging, meals, and transportation they had… Continue reading Former Holiday Inn Express, Montana Mike’s workers file labor trafficking class action
Month: July 2017
Oklahoma businesses accused of trafficking Filipino nationals to US for cheap labor
Lawsuit: Trafficking scheme lured Filipinos to Oklahoma
Former Holiday Inn Express, Montana Mike’s workers file labor trafficking class action
Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky reviews Supreme Court term
Before a capacity crowd at our summer lecture on July 25, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky of Berkeley Law noted that the Supreme Court’s most recent term was unique. Two reasons that he cited come easily to mind: It was the “Term of 8,” he said, with a jurist missing most of the period; and there was… Continue reading Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky reviews Supreme Court term
District settles Title IX lawsuit with Lake Oswego Softball
Tentative agreement reached in Title IX case
Settlement reached in Lake Oswego schools Title IX lawsuit
Female high school athletes reach tentative settlement with Oregon school district
Lake Oswego School District near Portland, Oregon, has tentatively agreed to upgrade its high school girls’ softball area in line with the boys’ baseball area, add more opportunities for girls to play sports on par with boys’ offerings, and equalize athletic treatment and benefits experienced by female athletes so that Lake Oswego High School’s sports… Continue reading Female high school athletes reach tentative settlement with Oregon school district