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McDonald’s Workers Sue Over Sexual Harassment, ‘Toxic’ Work Culture

McDonald’s Corp was sued on Tuesday by workers in Michigan who accused the fast-food chain of allowing pervasive sexual harassment to flourish at its restaurants nationwide. The proposed class action lawsuit filed in a Michigan state court accused McDonald’s of …

New York Firm: Sick Leave Firing Claim ‘Meritless’

A major New York-based law firm says there’s no truth to a former finance chief’s lawsuit saying she was demoted and then fired after taking sick leave to fight breast cancer. Proskauer Rose LLP called Elly Rosenthal’s discrimination claims “meritless” …

Judge: No Public Trial for Sheen Over ‘Men’ Firing

A judge says Charlie Sheen’s $100 million lawsuit over his firing from “Two and a Half Men” should be handled through private arbitration rather than in a public courtroom. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Allan Goodman ruled Wednesday that Sheen’s …