Eviction

around the sexual harassment charges & the unlawful termination made by an employee against Infosys during 2001-03. The case culminated with an out of court settlement made between the plaintiff Reka Maximovitch & Infosys. This case also saw the eviction of Phaneesh Murthy from the Infosys. Also, Infosys developed measures in its company policy in order to avoid any such occurrence in the future. An Excerpt from the case filed by former Infosys employee Reka Maximovitch in the Alameda Superior…

An unexpected expense can wreak havoc on your monthly budget or leave you scrambling to find a way to cover the bill. However, according to a report appearing in USA Today, many Americans do not have the savings to cover an unexpected expense of $1,000. Approximately 75 percent of households earning less than $50,000 per year and 66 percent of those earning between $50,000 and $100,000 annually stated that they would "have difficulty" raising $1,000 for an unexpected expense. A study conducted…

Evan Haney Carol Ludlam World History 1 7/13/15 Mongolian Conquest Mongol expansion in the thirteenth century was due to the rule of the Great Genghis Khan who was the chief of the Mongolian empire from 1206-1227.Unification of many tribes along with various battle tactics helped the Khan conquer many lands before his untimely death. Khan learned that terror was a vital weapon in war, which he used much of the time where either you would fight and all the people massacred or you give up and…

point, more than half reported being harassed at homeless shelters by both residents and staff, nearly 1/3 said that they were turned away all together, and 1/4 say that they were sexually assaulted (Paquette, 2015). Unfortunately, due to these evictions and lack of accommodating shelters, numerous transgender people have taken extreme measures in order to put a roof over their heads. Studies have found that many young transgender people in New York end up sleeping in subway cars or on the…

Assignment Two: State Court Survey In Arizona, the majority of cities and towns have a municipal court which is sometimes also called city or magistrate court. This court hears misdemeanor and petty offense violations within their town or city. City or town magistrates preside over some criminal and civil traffic cases. Criminal traffic cases with no serious injuries and civil traffic cases that involve violations of city ordinances. They have the ability to issue Orders of Protection and…

to write anything demeaning. Alarmingly there was insufficient compensation and lack of support in helping find alternative housing for those evicted, many of which have called areas like Dayuanfu home for 2 decades (Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, COHRE, 2008, pgs 7-9). Fast forward a few years and in 2016 Rio De Janeiro will play coveted hosts to the Olympics, synonymous with sandy beaches, a scorching sun and a festive nightlife it faces the same moral issues. There have been whispers…

Japan’s history in the war was violent, with the main atrocity being the Rape of Nanking: “Wholesome looting, the violation of women, the murder of civilians, eviction of Chinese from their homes, mass executions, of war prisoners … turned Nanking into a city of terror” (Document D). The audience of this article was the American population. The American people, knowing the atrocities done by Japan, know the validity…

Punishment for criminal offences is a practice that had been present since the inception of human civilizations across the globe. In ancient times too, people were convicted and punished for committing crimes which encompassed heinous crimes like murder. Though the modes of punishments varied from what are present today, different forms of retribution were thoroughly present in those ancient civilizations. But it must be noted that the entire criminal justice system, today, has changed, and to…

The Introduction and the first chapter of the Riis’s book “How the Other Lives”, seem to vividly depict drastic changes in New York City’s demographic structure, which happened during the vast immigration wave of 1880’s. His photograph projections intrigued and shocked the opulent class, since it was not aware of the struggles of those underneath. Riis’s life’s work has only gained in relevance as the time was passing, since overcrowded tenements persisted in modified forms and shapes to this…

The Ancient Indian Caste System Cultural, social, religious, wealth, and political divisions have been and still are a part of all societies. The difference between the human tendency to categorize into classes and the caste system in ancient India was that the categorization was the sole basis of people’s futures. The caste system was determined based on birth and people rarely had relations with others outside their own caste. Also, each caste, or Varna, had a certain duty to contribute to…