Wal-Mart
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Money, Ted Frank, Wal-Mart, Wall Street
Can Legal Knowledge Help You Make Money in the Stock Market?
Friday was not a pretty day for the stock market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed below 12,000, for the first time since March of this year — a 1.4 percent decline. The S&P 500 also fell by 1.4 percent, and the Nasdaq composite index fell by 1.5 percent. Everyone is looking for an edge […] -
Gay, Howrey LLP, Law Professors, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Wal-Mart
Non-Sequiturs: 03.29.11
* I hate crappy customer service as much as the next guy; I just hope UCLA law students from “third world s**tholes” aren’t offended. [Professor Bainbridge] * Forgive my ignorance, but I don’t see why the right has a problem with the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. They know you don’t catch “the gay” from working with […] - Sponsored
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9th Circuit, Document Review, Gender, Labor / Employment, SCOTUS, Technology, Wal-Mart, Women's Issues
Dukes Proving To Be a Hazard to Wal-Mart
In 1995, Betty Dukes took a job at a Wal-Mart near San Francisco, working as a cashier and greeter for $5 an hour. A “greeter” represents the face of the company as consumers walk through the door. Little did Dukes and Wal-Mart know that Dukes would ultimately become a face of Wal-Mart nationally, under much different circumstances. Today, […]
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Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Wal-Mart
Morning Docket: 12.07.10
* Julian Assange was arrested at a London police station last night. What a dumb place for Julian Assange to be hanging out. What a stupid, stupid place. [CNN] * I can’t tell whether this story is real or not, but the Supreme Court heard the case yesterday of a deceased Korean War veteran diagnosed […]
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Family Law, Kids, New Jersey, Wal-Mart, Weirdness
New Jersey Court Rules Against the Parents of Adolf Hitler
But not because they brought a megalomaniacal murderer into the world. We’re not talking about Adolf Hitler, the deceased German dictator, but about Adolf Hitler Campbell, a little boy living in New Jersey. The idea of some poor kid running around with the name “Adolf Hitler” might be amusing on its own, but the story […] -
Department of Justice, Eric Holder, Morning Docket, Parties, Wal-Mart
Morning Docket 11.25.08
* Covington & Burling’s Eric Holder is now definite as Obama’s choice for Attorney General. Look out for the official announcement after Thanksgiving. [Politico] * Former Hunton & Williams partner Emerson Briggs gets 70 months in federal prison for doing very bad things with his firm laptop. [Legal Times] * California AG Jerry Brown is […]