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Wal-Mart Ruling Is Major Setback for Worker Rights
The Supreme Court’s decision to throw out a sex-discrimination suit by a large group of female Wal-Mart employees may look like a mere procedural decision about the rules for class-action lawsuits. But it is in fact a much bigger deal: it significantly shifts power from workers to big employers.
Omagh bomb families win damages case
Relatives of victims of Northern Ireland’s deadliest single bombing on Monday won a landmark civil case against four men they blamed for the attack in Omagh that killed 29 people. Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt and three other men, Liam Campbell, Colm Murphy and Seamus Daly, were found to be responsible for the terrorist attack by a judge in a case brought by victims’ families at Belfast High Court.
U.S. sued for benefits for same-sex marriages
A legal advocacy group sued the federal government Tuesday, seeking benefits for 15 gay and lesbian Massachusetts residents who wed after the state legalized same-sex marriage.