A lengthy litigation between an event planning company and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is culminating this summer in a compensatory claim. Freeman, a live event services provider, has asked a Maryland federal court to award it nearly $1.7...
Mental health and mental illnesses are sensitive subjects. As much as society would like to pat itself on the back for being more open-minded these days, the undeniable fact is that mental illness still carries a heavy stigma. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a huge...
A lot of people look good on paper. Just ask anyone who has suffered through a blind date. Regardless if it was a set up by friends or a match.com hookup, somebody was attracted to somebody because of what they saw. We’re not just talking looks, though. It could be a...
Discovery Communications is in a lot of hot water as one of its star shows, “19 Kids and Counting,” which airs on TLC, struggles to recover from a child molestation scandal. Last week a magazine uncovered that one of the ‘stars’ of the show had been investigated on...
We love a good story about great customer service.Like this one about a regular at the Gaylord Opryland hotel who gushed over Twitter about her fondness for her room’s alarm clock…. and then got one as a gift on one of her stays. Or this one about a mom who arrived at...
Many American companies desire the ability to hire more highly skilled foreign workers. Although there is a strong debate about their reasons – some conservative think tanks say it’s because companies want to cut costs while progressives say it’s to find a...
