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Posted on Oct 9, 2011 By The Solomon Law Firm, PLLC
The $300,000 cap on compensatory damages was created two decades ago and has been consistently devalued by inflation. Congress retains the sole authority to increase the statutory cap and must do so ...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2011 By The Solomon Law Firm, PLLC
KINGSTON, N.Y. — A federal jury has awarded a female correction officer in upstate New York $465,000 after she said she was sexually harassed by another guard. Specfically, Amy Negron said a ...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2011 By The Solomon Law Firm, PLLC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency charged with enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against employees, recently issued a press release regarding ...
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Posted on Aug 24, 2011 By The Solomon Law Firm, PLLC
In an unprecedented decision the US Department of Veterans Affairs admitted to unlawful discrimination in a disability discrimination claim brought by the Solomon Law Firm, PLLC on behalf their former ...
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Posted on Aug 24, 2011 By The Solomon Law Firm, PLLC
Attorney, Ariel Solomon with the Solomon Law Firm, PLLC recently secured a default judgment and sanctions against the United States Department of the Navy in a matter involving the Agency's ...
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