Long Du Pont case ends - almost; discrimination proved. Now, for damages

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The damages phase of the case EEOC v E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co is beginning. Du Pont was found guilty of keeping 155 black workers in low-wage, dead-end jobs for many years. The liability phase of this case took 20 years and deciding damages will not be easy either. Problems include the statute-of-limitations issue to determine which year back wages should be calculated from. Du Pont cannot appeal until after the damages phase of the trial is over, and the fact that lengthy wrangling will result in higher attorneys' fees may pressure the parties to settle.

Petroleum refining, Broadwoven fabric mills, manmade, Cases, Remedies, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Employment discrimination

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When fees are debts in divorce; without interim fees, lawyers shun clients

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The reluctance of judges to grant interim attorney fees in divorce cases can result in financially dependent clients' amassing large debts to their attorneys or having trouble finding attorneys at all. Most states have laws giving judges discretion to force the spouse with means to pay interim attorney fees, but these laws are rarely enforced. Many divorce lawyers in this situation are never paid at all or never paid in full. Women dissatisfied with their treatment by the courts in divorce cases have formed the Coalition for Family Justice.

Economic aspects, Attorneys, Lawyers' fees, Divorce

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N.J. shuts down its Advocate; was unique in nation

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The Division of Public Interest Advocacy in NJ's Department of the Public Advocate ceased to exist on July 1, 1992 after a predominantly Republican legislature passed a budget failing to fund the office. Public Advocate Wilfredo Caraballo resigned in protest a day later. He claimed that the funding cut was similar to Reagan's gutting of the Legal Services Corp by cutting its funding. The division had functioned like a government-funded public interest law firm.

Finance, Public interest law, New Jersey. Department of the Public Advocate. Public Interest Advocacy Division

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