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• Publix's Legal Foes Battle Each Other.(Originated from St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)

  - 1997-10-01

  Oct. 1--Allegations of unethical client solicitation have rocked the Tallahassee law firm representing African-Americans in a class-action racial discrimination case pending against Publix Super Markets Inc. The allegations are part of a circuit court suit filed in Leon County that...

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• Judge Approves Settlement of Bias Lawsuit Against Publix.(Originated from St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)

  - 1997-05-27

  TAMPA, Fla.--May 27--As expected, U.S. District Judge Henry Lee Adams on Friday formally approved an $85-million settlement of a highly publicized gender discrimination lawsuit against Publix Super Markets Inc. The settlement, the fourth largest in a sex discrimination case in...

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• Florida Grocery Store Chain Faces New Bias Lawsuit.(Originated from St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)

  - 1997-04-03

  TAMPA, Fla.--Apr. 3--Publix Super Markets Inc. apparently faces another high-profile class-action discrimination lawsuit, this one alleging the grocery chain has systematically denied equal hiring and promotion opportunities to thousands of African-Americans. The case is expected to be filed in U.S. District...

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• Earnings at Publix Supermarkets Rise 9.5 Percent in 1996.(Originated from St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)

  - 1997-03-04

  LAKELAND, Fla.--Mar. 4--Publix Super Markets Inc. on Monday reported a 9.5 percent earnings gain for the 1996 fiscal year despite an $89 million fourth-quarter charge to settle a high-profile discrimination lawsuit. The Lakeland-based supermarket chain previously said the settlement would...

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• Women Say Publix Super Markets Intimidates Plaintiffs in Sex-Bias Case.(Originated from St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)

  - 1996-05-06

  May 6--Deborah Crutcher gets out of the way when some fellow employees at Publix restock the shelves or cruise toward her with a cart. Otherwise, she figures, they might just mow her down. And when an employee stands in front of her, arms crossed, watching her...

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• New Suit: Another Woman Accuses Publix of Discrimination.(Originated from St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)

  - 1996-03-29

  TAMPA, Fla.--Mar. 29--Kathy Watkins, a former Publix bakery plant manager in Lakeland, filed a discrimination lawsuit Thursday in U.S. District Court against the grocery chain. She claims that Publix Super Markets Inc. discriminates against women who work in the company's administrative offices, warehouses and plants. ...

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• California Law Firm Suing Publix Super Markets for Discrimination.(Originated from St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)

  - 1996-03-25

  OAKLAND, Calif.--Mar. 24--The coffee table in the lobby is covered with glossy books on Hispanic art, influential black women and political organizers. The employees breezing by the lobby, which overlooks San Francisco Bay, are of varying ethnic backgrounds. Casually dressed in jeans, Dockers or hip...

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• Four-Star Lawyers Travel Different Paths to Suit Against Publix.(Originated from St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)

  - 1996-03-25

  Mar. 25--Sam Smith, Tom Warren and Charles Burr join lead counsel Saperstein, Goldstein at the plaintiffs' table in the case alleging sex discrimination against Lakeland-based Publix Super Markets Inc. They come to work in Birkenstocks and golf shirts, mapping strategy via phone conferences. Their world...

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• Four-Star Ashe Publix Team Brash, Yet Reserved.(Originated from St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)

  - 1996-03-25

  Mar. 24--The look on Marvin Barkin's face is pained when Lawrence Ashe talks to the media. Barkin clearly wouldn't mind restraining Ashe a tad, especially when he refers to California as the land of "fruits and nuts." They're both lawyers representing Lakeland's Publix Super Markets...

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• Publix Super Markets Takes Aim at Food Union's Role In Lawsuit.(Originated from St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)

  - 1996-01-09

  Jan. 9--Publix Super Markets Inc. has taken legal action to look for more links between a food workers union and the attorneys representing 12 women who filed a class-action sex-discrimination lawsuit against the Lakeland- based grocery chain. The United Food and Commercial Workers union has made...

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