Showing posts with label Law. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Law. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Breaking News: Rich Kids Also Cheat on Exams

From the LA Times:

Six sophomores were expelled and more than a dozen other students faced suspensions Tuesday in a cheating scandal that has rocked Harvard-Westlake, a top-tier Los Angeles private school with a national reputation for its academics.

Administrators said students conspired to steal Spanish and history tests by distracting teachers in their classrooms. The tests were then shown to several other students before midterm exams last month, said Harvard-Westlake President Thomas Hudnut.

The New Road to Fame: Accuse An Airline of Discrimination. Has the Today Show Called Yet?

FoxNews reports:

Southwest Airlines, responding to claims by two female passengers that they were discriminated against because of their good looks and banned from future flights, released a statement via YouTube disputing their story, adding that it doesn't have the ability to selectively ban passengers, “even if we wanted to.”

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Not That There's Anything Wrong With That!

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Lawyers says Jerry Seinfeld was kidding when he took shots at a woman suing his wife, Jessica, left

Jerry Seinfeld was joking when he compared a woman accusing his wife of plagiarism to the killers of John Lennon and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., his lawyers said.

In a filing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, attorneys for the former sitcom star asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit filed by Missy Chase Lapine against Seinfeld and his wife, the New York Daily News reported in Tuesday editions.