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

Boeing put under Senate scrutiny over safety culture

$1M judgment for exploding vape batteries vacated

Advocates renew push to tighten Illinois firearm laws

Sanction upheld for firm that faked expert discovery

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.

Ruling eases way to sue for job bias in forced transfers

Today’s case is one of first impression from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and involves the Wisconsin Equine Immunity Statute and its willful and wanton exception.In Dilley v. Holiday Acres Inc., 2018 WL 4571932 (7th Cir. 2018), plaintiff Judy Dilley, who was in her mid-60s, reserved a horse for a ride at Holiday Stables, a trail-riding facility operated by Steve Krier in Rhinelander, Wis.On July 17, 2015, when she arrived at the stables she told employee Nikole Kremsreiter that she had no riding experience …

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Real estate groups launch effort to protect lawyers’ role in deals

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