New York Paralegal Blog

Sponsored content this blog may receive commissions  I'm thrilled to announce the first book we'll be diving into for the New York Paralegal Blog Book Club: " In Lieu of Light ." This isn't your typical vampire tale. Set in the Post-Slavery South, the story follows two sisters who, born into the chains of slavery and freed by the chaos of war, are now grappling with an even more terrifying transformation. They were raised with strict, unyielding ideas of good and bad, sinful and honorable—a moral compass that is now being violently tested. An "unquenchable thirst" is developing, threatening to consume their once timid minds and shatter their carefully constructed worldview. As they navigate this new, terrifying reality, they'll face a trial of fear, terror, and unfathomable evil. The novel promises a suspenseful and powerful narrative as the sisters must either succumb to their new nature or fight to maintain a heroic stance in a world th...

WASHINGTON—Alan James Watson, 46, of Clinton Township, Mich., pleaded guilty today to fraudulently soliciting and accepting $40 million from more than 750 members of his investment club and losing nearly all of it through non-disclosed, high-risk investments. Victims were located in Virginia and nationwide.

FRESNO, Calif. – Sam’s Club, the wholesale chain store owned and operated by Walmart, will pay $440,000 and furnish other relief to settle a national origin harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC contends that at least nine employees of Mexican descent at the Sam’s Club in Fresno, along with one who was married to a Mexican, endured ethnic slurs and derogatory remarks by a fellow co-worker who is Mexican-American. Since late 2005, the victims were barraged with near-daily insults about Mexicans such as “f----n’ wetbacks,” and references to Mexicans only being good for cleaning the harasser’s home, according to the EEOC. The harasser even threatened to report three of the victims to immigration authorities despite their legal status. The victims and harasser – all female – worked in the demonstration department, serving food samples to customers. The victims complained about the hostile work environme...