Racial Profiling, Pregnancy Discrimination, Global Warming. It Can Only Be…
… Thursday’s JD Supra Buzz. Here’s what we learned in law today:
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s racially profiling days are over, says the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (Lawyers.com)
A bill to eliminate discrimination against pregnant workers was introduced into the Senate. No, that headline is not 30 years old (McNees Wallace & Nurick)
Like fashion? Play video games? Own an iPad? You’re in luck (Sheppard Mullin)
The IRS announced it will stop its “letter forwarding service,” used by retirement plan sponsors to locate missing participants or beneficiaries owed money (McDermott Will & Emery)
Do not pay that bill you received from the “government trademark office” – it’s a scam (Foley Hoag)
The Supreme Court of India ruled that Indian courts can no longer interfere in foreign arbitration proceedings (Miller Canfield)
Stolen laptop costs Massachusetts Ear and Eye Infirmary $1.5 million (Wilson Sonsini)
Couple loses $568,000 on game show then sues producer for the humiliation of losing on national TV. Who will they sue if they lose the lawsuit? (Greenberg Glusker)
Good news for wine drinkers: a California judge has ruled the Russian River frost protection regulation unconstitutional (Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard)
The ACLU asked the Supreme Court to review the Myriad ruling, which found human DNA to be eligible for patent protection (Foley & Lardner)
Alaskan town loses bid to make energy companies pay for damage caused by global warming (Is that Legal?)
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