Ex-Skinner clerk is arraigned; Embezzlement suspect pleads not guilty.
Byline: Gary V. Murray WORCESTER - A 72-year-old Hudson woman accused of stealing more than $700,000 in cash and goods from the Bolton auction house where she worked pleaded not guilty at her arraignment yesterday in Worcester Superior Court. Joanne M. Shea, whose last known...

Pair asks judge to drop charges; Couple linked to credit union theft.
Byline: Gary V. Murray WORCESTER - A couple charged with stealing more than $200,000 in 2002 from the Grafton Street credit union where the wife worked are asking a judge to dismiss bank embezzlement and attempted counterfeiting charges against them. Susan Carcieri, 57, and her...

U.S. Supreme Court Expands Employee Protections Against Retaliation.
The United States Supreme Court recently held, in a unanimous opinion, that Title VII's anti-retaliation provisions protect employees who disclose allegations of unlawful conduct while being interviewed as part of an internal investigation conducted by the employer. In Crawford v. Metropolitan Gov't of Nashville and Davidson County, No. 06-1595...

Supreme Court Extends The Reach Of Title VII's Antiretaliation Provision.
Employers are prohibited from retaliating against employees who report gender or race discrimination during the course of an employer-initiated internal investigation, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled last week. Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, No. 06-1595, slip op. (January 26, 2009), available at http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/08pdf/06-1595.pdf. In...

U.S. Supreme Court Protects Employees Who Participate In Internal Harassment Investigations.
In another victory for employees, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that employees who answer questions in an employer's internal investigation of possible harassment or discrimination are protected from retaliation for doing so, even though they did not come forward to complain. Crawford v. Metropolitan Gov't of Nashville...

Family Watchdog LLC to Incorporate the National Sex Offender Registry into the Visual Analytics 'Real-time' Data Center.
Partnership Formed to Provide Sex Offender Information with a Picture FREDERICK, Md., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Visual Analytics Inc. (VAI) and Family Watchdog LLC are pleased to announce their newly formed partnership as of January 1, 2009. Under the partnership agreement, Family Watchdog LLC, an expert in...

Leading Plaintiffs Attorney Richard Schiffrin Joins Grant & Eisenhofer.
Founder and former named partner from Schiffrin Barroway brings distinguished record of recoveries in major securities, consumer, antitrust and other litigation; Arrives as G&E pursues Madoff claims NEW YORK, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Grant & Eisenhofer announced that Richard S. Schiffrin, one of the country's pre-eminent plaintiffs'...

Leading Authority on Document Security, Frank W. Abagnale, Endorses MT&L's Line of Secure Gift Card Packaging.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Frank W. Abagnale, one of the world's most respected authorities on secure documents and subject of the movie, Catch Me If You Can, has endorsed MT&L's gift card packaging as providing the best security and fraud prevention capabilities. Abagnale will serve as a...

Visual Analytics Inc. and NominoData LLC Announce Partnership.
NominoData and VAI Partner to Provide Improved Entity Recognition FREDERICK, Md., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Visual Analytics Inc. (VAI) and NominoData LLC entered into a strategic relationship to support VAI's VisuaLinks and DIG users in the homeland security and law enforcement sectors in combating financial crimes, terrorism,...

Doomed building becomes training site for firefighters; Owner donates old Red Cross headquarters.
Byline: Paula J. Owen LEOMINSTER - The old Red Cross building on Merriam Avenue that was closed because of an embezzlement scandal went out on a positive note this weekend - as a training site for Leominster firefighters. Four teams of about 17 firefighters each...