The Federal Court has approved the Western Australian government's settlement payment of $180 million to eligible Aboriginal workers who had their wages withheld or were underpaid due to discriminatory government policy last century. Settlement approved Sitting in Perth on Tuesday, Justice Murphy heard submissions from Shine Lawyers and other eligible claimants, the state government and Litigation Lending Services, the litigation …
NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday nominated Rachel Wainer Apter to be an associate justice of the state Supreme Court, making his pick to replace the retiring Jaynee LaVecchia. Apter, 40, is currently the head of the civil rights division within the state attorney general’s office and previously served as counsel to the attorney general. …
