Supreme Court weighs employer liability in sexual harassment cases
The Supreme Court heard two major sex harassment disputes asking whether an employer or school can be liable for damages even if unaware of misconduct. Justices debated how knowledge of harassment should affect liability, with pending rulings expected by July and implications for workplaces and schools nationwide.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William R. Amlong
Florida
Texas
Wallace Jefferson
Tive
Harry. A. Rissetto
Boca Raton
Fla
Beth Ann Faragher
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Faragher
Amlong
Antonin Scalia
Sandra Day O'Connor
O'Connor
Alicia Star Gebser
Lago Vista Independent
Travis County
Gebser
Terry Weldon
Austin
Frank Waldrop
Anthony M. Kennedy
David H. Souter
Clinton
Agencies say they cannot meet declassification goal by 2000
Washington agencies declassified over 400 million pages in two years but will miss the 2000 target to review all 25 year old records. CIA and Pentagon project far smaller completion, with tens of millions declassified and billions remaining. A Senate hearing heard praise for progress yet concern over secrecy culture and judicial rights.
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Washington
Edmund Cohen
CIA
Pentagon
Defense Det Securities Program
Bill Leonard
A. Bryan Siebert
Department of Energy
Senate Government Affairs Committee
Clinton
Steven Garfinkel
Information Security Oversight Office
The
National Archives
Cohen
Leonard
Inhouse
Democrats fault delay and cost in Senate IRS bill
Senate Democrats criticize GOP delay on the IRS overhaul bill as House passage in 426-4 looms. Roth's version expands innocent spouse relief and costs about 9.5 billion over five years and 20 billion over a decade, with protections claimed to be greater than the House bill.
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Senate
Washington
GOP
Thomas Daschle
S.D
Senate Republicans
House
Senate Finance Committee
William V. Roth Jr
Del
Roth
IRS
Daschle
Bob Kerrey
Dneb
Trent Lott
Ginny Flynn
Lott
Ohn Czwartacki
Rob Portman
Ohio
Congress
Portman
Kerrey
National Commission On Restructuring the
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