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13 May 2010, 6:15 am by Steven Peck
Recent Legislative Developments in the Fight Against Forced Arbitration: In January 2010, Senator Al Franken successfully pushed through Congress an amendment (the "Franken Amendment") to a defense bill that prohibits certain types of companies who do business with the U.S. government from forcing employees to arbitrate their Title VII sexual harassment claims. [read post]
12 May 2010, 12:42 pm
Among the businesses hit with the judgment was Al Franken, former Star of Saturday Night Live and current Minnesota Senator. [read post]
5 May 2010, 6:34 pm
Schumer (D-NY), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Mark Begich (D-AK), and Al Franken (D-MN) publicly released a letter that they had sent to Facebook's CEO Mark Zukerberg regarding their concerns about Facebook's recent user changes. [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 10:00 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
Schumer (D-NY), Russ Feingold (D-WI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Evan Bayh (D-IN) and Al Franken (D-MN) announced new legislation Thursday to blunt the harmful impacts from the Supreme Court's decision allowing corporations and other special interests to spend unlimited sums to influence elections. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 2:30 pm by Betsy McKenzie
The concerns were echoed by Democratic Senators Michael Bennet of Colorado, Mark Begich of Alaska, and Al Franken of Minnesota.Facebook tried to assure Schumer that its latest idea won’t invade users’ privacy. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 2:30 pm by Betsy McKenzie
The concerns were echoed by Democratic Senators Michael Bennet of Colorado, Mark Begich of Alaska, and Al Franken of Minnesota.Facebook tried to assure Schumer that its latest idea won’t invade users’ privacy. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 6:36 am by Braden Cox
.), Mark Begich (Alaska) and Al Franken (D-Minn.) [read post]
27 Apr 2010, 3:30 pm
Senators Al Franken, Charles Schumer, Michael Bennet, and Mark Begich wrote an open letter to Facebook on Tuesday, urging the company to take "swift and productive steps" to make user information more private and warning that the Federal Trade Commission may get involved if certain concerns aren't addressed soon. [read post]
27 Apr 2010, 12:47 pm by Doug
In a letter to Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg dated April 27, Senators Charles Schumer, Michael Bennet, Mark Begich and Al Franken objected to changes that made a user’s current city, hometown, likes, interests and friends publicly available, where they were previously only seen by friends. [read post]
26 Apr 2010, 8:25 am by Chris Kramer
Al Franken) see as an unrealistic burden of debt many students have upon graduation. [read post]
Al Franken of Minnesota used his Q&A time at the hearing to address the needs of students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and face harassment and discrimination in public schools across the country based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. [read post]
18 Apr 2010, 8:53 am by Tom Kosakowski
The changes include KBR's employee Ombuds program.In October 2009, Senator Al Franken offered an amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill that would withhold defense contracts from companies like KBR "if they restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery and discrimination cases to court. [read post]
16 Apr 2010, 11:48 am
Attorney General Holder and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack were in attendance.Comcast/NBC Universal MergerSenator Al Franken (D, Minn.) expressed his concerns with the proposed merger of Comcast and NBC Universal, now under review by the Department of Justice. [read post]
11 Apr 2010, 7:01 pm
Auch die involvierten Vermögenswerte sind mit rund 2.23 Milliarden Franken so hoch wie noch nie. [read post]
22 Mar 2010, 5:31 am by Joe Consumer
Chamber's activities this year: Multimillion-dollar ad campaigns (on top of record $144 million spent lobbying) to try to bring down both health insurance and financial reform; petitions and lawsuits against the EPA for finding that greenhouse gases endanger the public; a harassment lawsuit against the satirical Yes Men for punking them over their backwards climate change views, a position so out of whack that several major companies left the Chamber in protest ; and opposing Senator… [read post]
12 Mar 2010, 7:27 am by Glenn Reynolds
WELL, THAT’S A RELIEF: “No, there is nothing cooler than Al Franken at Netroots Nation. [read post]
17 Feb 2010, 6:09 pm by Seth
Senator Al Franken (D.), a brief note promoting the Federal Bar Association, Minnesota Chapter. [read post]