Kobe's divorce could cost him $75 million
Kobe Bryant will reportedly have to fork over at least half of his assets -- totaling $75 million -- to his soon-to-be ex-wife Vanessa Bryant...
Pepsi pays $3.1M in racial bias case
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pepsi Beverages Co. will pay $3.1 million to settle federal charges of race discrimination for using criminal background checks to screen out job applicants -- even if they weren't convicted of a crime...
Cleaning company pays $450,000 in race lawsuit
In addition to the monetary relief, a three-year consent decree bars Matrix from engaging in further race discrimination, and they will be required to train its supervisors and managers about the prohibitions against racial discrimination and retaliation...
Bank of America pays $335 mil for racial bias
NEW YORK (AP) - Bank of America has agreed to pay $335 million to resolve allegations that its Countrywide unit engaged in a widespread pattern of discrimination against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers...
Herman Cain accuser who settled keeps quiet
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The woman, who works for one of New Jersey's largest lobbying firms, has deliberately made herself scarce...
Are minorities and women being settled into silence?
OPINION - Your biggest fear as a potential complainant is that you will be professionally black-balled and isolated, or worse branded 'crazy' and a non-'team player'...
Cain accuser reportedly paid $35,000 in severance
WASHINGTON (AP) - The New York Times reported Tuesday night that the National Restaurant Association gave a female employee a year's salary in severance pay, $35,000, after she said an encounter with Cain made her uncomfortable working there...
Judge approves black farmers settlement
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge has given final approval to a $1.2 billion government settlement with black farmers...
NYPD cops settle Sean Bell case by retiring with pay
NEW YORK (AP) - The 23-year-old Bell was killed and two friends seriously injured outside a topless bar where police were investigating reports of prostitution...
Big Boi of OutKast settles drug case
MIAMI (AP) - Grammy-winning OutKast rapper Big Boi has reached a deal on drug charges that allows him to avoid jail time...
