Courts or tribunals

Courts or tribunals for trying 9/11 terrorists?
WASHINGTON — The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee.

Decatur's scar.

Decatur's scars still raw after 1999 expulsions
DECATUR, Ill. — For the people at the heart of an uproar a decade ago over the expulsions of six black boys from a Decatur high school, reminders of the national scrutiny the town endured and the divide the situation created are never far away.

Appeals court declines to revive suit filed by Wisconsin paper mill workers
Paper mill workers failed to support their contention that their employer is required to pay them for the time they spend showering and changing their clothes after their shifts, a federal appeals court has hel

Supreme Court May Hear 'Cat's Paw' Case


Employment lawyers are hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will resolve a conflict in the federal circuits over the so-called cat's paw theory, which says that an employer is liable for discrimination when a final decision-maker is influenced by a lower-level employee with discriminatory motives to take an adverse action against another worker. The Court earlier this month asked the solicitor general for the government's views on a case that raises the theory, and is now considering whether to hear the case.