Sunday, April 11, 2010

Novartis Gender Discrimination Trial Gets Underway

See Gender Bias Trial Against Novartis Gets Under Way, NYLJ, 4/9/10, p 1

-claims of underpaying women, less promotional opportunities, men favored

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Obama plans to prod private gov't contractor companies to improve wages

See Plan to seek use of US contracts as a wage lever, NYT, 2/26/10, at A1


-will reward companies with better labor and environmental practices

Monday, January 11, 2010

Recession Pushing Up Interest in LSATs and GREs

See Recession is pushing up law school applications and interest in graduate studies, NYT, 1/10/10, at A18

-20% increase in LSATs to 60746 all time high; 13% increase in GREs to 670000 all time high

Sunday, October 4, 2009