Boeing quality engineer Sam Salehpour, from left, Ed Pierson, executive director of The Foundation for Aviation Safety and a former Boeing engineer; Joe Jacobsen, aerospace engineer and technical adviser to the Foundation for Aviation Safety; and Shawn Pruchnicki, professor of integrated systems engineering at The Ohio State University, are sworn in before a Senate committee Wednesday. AP Photo/Kevin Wolf

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The Supreme Court unanimously revived a sex discrimination lawsuit Wednesday filed by a St. Louis police sergeant after she was forcibly transferred, making it easier for workers who are transferred from one job to another against their will to pursue job discrimination claims.

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Update: Comments from LaOuida Glover of Glover Law Offices were added to the story.A south-suburban attorney was suspended by the Illinois Supreme Court for violating her disciplinary probation, imposed in November 2016 for misconduct that included stealing $5,000 from a client.LaOuida Glover, owner of Glover Law Offices in Steger, had her professional probation revoked by the Illinois Supreme Court last week and was suspended for one year and until further order of the court.Glover’s probation stemmed from a …

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