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Judge Rejects Woman's Claim Alleging Job Bias Over Short Stature

New York Law Journal

Monday, August 13, 2012

"The height of plaintiff is undisputably outside the scope of the plain meaning of the phrase 'predisposing genetic characteristics' as a prohibited basis for discrimination in the workplace," Queens Supreme Court Justice Kevin Kerrigan wrote.

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Boy Scouts of America GC Richard Mathews is Always Prepared

Corporate Counsel

Monday, July 16, 2012

The time spent by the general counsel of the Boy Scouts of America as a young scout and adult volunteer led him to merge his profession with his ­passion. The national organization, based outside Dallas, was so impressed by Mathews's volunteer efforts that they offered him the job of deputy general counsel in 2002. Mathews hesitated. "Eventually, I decided the best way I could serve scouting was as a professional."