Decades Long Legal Battle Ends with EPA Settlement
9/15/2011 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to acknowledge there was discrimination against California Latino students when it exposed them to pesticides signaled the end of more than ten years of court battle. Erik Nicholson, United Farm Workers union vice president, in an interview, said, “That 12 years of litigation have passed to get […]
A Dozen Big Banks to be Sued by U.S. Over Mortgages
9/15/2011 The federal agency in charge of mortgage titans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac intends to file lawsuits against over a dozen big banks, charging them of not telling the truth about the quality of mortgage securities that they assembled and sold at the housing bubble’s peak. The lawsuit is also asking for compensation […]