News in category: In The Workplace

U.S. District Judge who on Tuesday overturned the administration's moratorium on deepwater drilling for six months, reportedly owns stock in the oil industry according to a 2008 financial disclosure form disclosed by the group, Judicial Watch.

Attorney Keith Jones' son died in the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion. Now he is behind efforts to overturn the Death on the High Seas Act that limits recovery of damages for wrongful death on the high seas.

Health clubs, schools, first responders, fire departments should all be aware of malfunctions reported in a defibrillator battery pack that is the subject of a most serious Class I recall by the FDA.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which represents big and small business, generally favors fewer regulations and government oversight, unless it comes to cleaning up the Gulf oil spill, according to Chamber President Tom Donohue.

Workers trying to clean up crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico are reporting respiratory problems nausea and headaches. Meanwhile BP has failed to act on an order by the Environmental Protection Agency to switch to a less toxic dispersant to break up the oil.

A number of lawsuits are underway in the Gulf oil spill disaster to recover losses of commercial fishing interests, property owners and tourism.

British Petroleum's CEO made the rounds of the television and radio talk shows Monday to take responsibility for the cleanup of a massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill which still is not capped. While litigation has begun, sorting out the players could take some time as at least three other companies were involved in constructing the well.

Massey Energy used loopholes in the appeal process to keep its Big Branch mine open even though it had been cited 515 times last year and 124 times this year for safety violations, senators were told Tuesday. 29 miners died in an April 5 explosion there.

The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit saying the KBR, the world's largest defense contractor violated its contract with the Army and has overcharged U.S. taxpayers.

With 3,000 new seats for freshman law students created in the last 15 years, law school enrollments are increasingly Caucasian, as Black and Chicano applicants are declined, even as L.S.A.T. scores improve.

What role did Charles Schwab & Co. play in the Ponzi scheme by disgraced "Economan", Al Parish? That is what a class action lawsuit filed by 53 individuals in 13 states hopes to uncover, naming Schwab as liable for its involvement in the sale of unregistered securities, a violation of state law.

A new report by the The U.S. Government Accountability Office finds work-related illnesses and injuries are often under-reported, calling into question, the accuracy of nationwide data that OSHA compiles each year.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce that fights "frivolous" lawsuits and tort reform has filed a lawsuit against a group polking fun at the chamber.

The Top-10 most-frequent workplace violations for 2009 has been released by the U.S. Department of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Jamie Leigh Jones Daigle still has not had her rape case heard by a jury because former employer KBR/Halliburton wants the issue to be decided by arbitration. Sen. Al Franken's amendment to next year's defense bill does away with arbitration for violent assault cases.