New York Paralegal Blog

CLEVELAND -- Eclipse Advantage, Inc., a transportation, logistics and distribution management company, will pay $60,000 to settle a racial harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. In its lawsuit, the EEOC alleged that the company violated federal law by subjecting Rodney Williams, an African-American employee, to racial discrimination and retaliation at its Aldi Food Service warehouse in Hinckley, Ohio. Racial discrimination violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit, No. 1:10-cv-02001, in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement. In addition to the monetary relief for the discrimination victim, the two-year consent decree settling the suit provides for training of all management staff on employee rights and employer obligations under Title VII with a special emphasis on har...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (October 5, 2009) - Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that his office has reached an agreement with Rochester-based Frontier Communications, Inc. over its failure to properly notify consumers about substantial early termination fees for its services. In January 2009, Attorney General Cuomo’s Office began investigating Frontier Communications and its subsidiaries after receiving dozens of complaints from consumers who were unexpectedly charged early termination fees.