A customer could not sue a retail store under 42 U.S.C. §1981 for a sales clerk’s “insulting racial slurs and comments” to her while she was placing items on hold in a layaway transaction, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined.
Read More »Federal judge allows whistleblower suit over post-firing SEC complaints
A fired employee who complained about his employer’s alleged violations of the securities laws could sue the employer pursuant to the whistleblower provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Read More »Off-site arrest by federal ranger allowed by 1st Circuit
Evidence obtained by a federal park ranger who arrested a defendant on suspicion of drunken driving was admissible despite the fact that the arrest took place outside the national historic park to which the ranger was assigned.
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