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Denny's customers sue, claiming discrimination - Seven South Florida men are suing for $28 million, claiming discrimination by Denny's because of their Middle Eastern heritage.
Seven men of Middle Eastern descent who say they were kicked out of a South Florida Denny's and compared to terrorist Osama bin Laden have filed a discrimination lawsuit against the diner seeking $28 million in damages. ''This was a terrible act against Arab Americans,'' said Alan C. Kauffman, one of the attorneys for the group, which includes a doctor, a real estate agent, insurance broker and a restaurant owner.


Genetic Testing and Adverse Selection in Insurance Markets
One of the challenges the non-discrimination bill will face in the 109th Congress is negotiating the potential impact on the insurance industry, as similar legislation did in the 108th Congress (scroll down).  Specifically, whether the non-discrimination bill will result in...


EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION, PROCEDURE :: No evidence of discrimination; no imputed discrimination
WVU/RUBY MEMORIAL HOSP. v. WV HUMAN RIGHTS COMM'N, et al., No. 31759 (Per Curiam)(Starcher, J., dissenting)(May 13, 2005). Affirming an order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County that reversed a final decision of the WVHRC, and concluded that WVU did not discriminate against the claimant and that acts by the claimant's immediate supervisor, an employee of West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc., could not be imputed to WVU. Rejecting a procedural objection made by the claimant to an argument presented before the agency by WVU, because the claimant waived that issue by not raising it before the WVHRC and the circuit court. Finding no evidence that WVU discriminated against the claimant, and no error in the circuit court's conclusion with regard to imputed discrimination.


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Genetic Discrimination in the IT Workplace [Slashdot:]


Genetic Discrimination in America: It's Only an Extra 1.7 to 2.8 Percent More
For those who can't quite keep their eyes off their first cousins, take heart: Cousins' marriage highlights relationship controversy "PITTSBURGH (AP) -- It began as the kind of childhood crush that often becomes family lore shared at reunions years later....


Geneticists oppose singling out Jewish women in European breast cancer patent
Jewish women in Europe may face genetic discrimination in access to breast cancer diagnosis if the patent on the BRCA2 gene, which is currently being disputed, is not withheld by the European Patent Office (EPO) on June 29. The European Society for Human Genetics (ESHG) is strongly opposed to the selection of a particular racial group as a diagnostic target in a gene patent claim and is calling on the EPO to take action to prevent this situation.


Non-Discrimination Bill Introduced to House?
The Coalition for Genetic Fairness has filed a press release stating that the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2005 will be introduced to the House tomorrow.  Their website says it will be introduced on the 16th.  The sponsors of the...