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After $11.5M Payout, MSG Settles Cheerleader Sex-Harassment Lawsuit Out of Court

What's going on at Madison Square Garden (MSG)? Just two weeks after MSG settled a sexual-harassment case with former Knicks exec Anucha Browne Sanders for $11.5 million, the Dolan family is settling out of court with former Rangers City Skaters pep captain Courtney Prince for an undisclosed amount. Prince, who filed suit in 2004, alleged the Garden was "a virtual frathouse where male executives treated cheerleaders like sex objects," reports the New York Daily News. Both Prince's attorney and MSG issued statements forgoing any admission of wrongdoing. Although much of the media attention on sex-harassment lawsuit has focused on MSG, Isiah Thomas is not alone. What are the top 20 sex-harassment cases of all time?

Does Having Dyslexia Make You a Better Businessperson?

What do Henry Ford, Ted Turner, William Hewlett and Richard Branson all have in common? Aside from launching multibillion-dollar companies, they all have dyslexia, a learning disability that is becoming increasingly prevalent among entrepreneurs. About 35 percent of U.S. entrepreneurs are dyslexic--and only 10 percent to 15 percent of the general population has dyslexia, Julie Logan of London's Cass School of Business told National Public Radio. "One of the things that we found is that people who have dyslexia actually at a very early age learn to have people do things for them. This is a great advantage in business because you get good people around you and you delegate," said Logan. While Logan says having dyslexia will not automatically make you better at business, encouraging children with dyslexia to pursue unconventional methods does level the playing field.

Find out why your company can't afford to ignore people with disabilities.

How One Church Brings Christians, Muslims Together

Every 33 years, Christmas and the Muslim holiday Eid ul-Adha fall close together and are both celebrated with festive bells, lights and songs. One Middle Eastern community is hoping to build on the two religions' similarities to bridge differences. "Christians in the Middle East, the numbers are going down quickly. Some of us are willing to create hope together, to build a complementary world vision in a way that we can work on our future world, hand-by-hand as minorities that have something to offer to majorities," the Rev. Paolo Dall'Oglio, who leads this community of Christians and Muslims, told National Public Radio. Dall'Oglio has been promoting dialogue between Muslims and Christians for nearly 20 years. Learn more about multicultural and inter-religious congregations in the Nov./Dec. 2007 issue of DiversityInc magazine.

The 'Holy Grail' of Stem-Cell Research

Stem-cell researchers announced last month that they could turn skin cells into stem cells, clearing a controversial hurdle that had long stifled progress--finding viable stem cells normally extracted from embryos. "This is truly the Holy Grail: To be able to take a few cells from a patient--say a cheek swab or few skin cells--and turn them into stem cells in the laboratory," Robert Lanza, a stem-cell pioneer at Advanced Cell Technology, told AFP. While the new method isn't perfect, it's getting a lot of attention. The scientist responsible for successfully cloning Dolly the sheep has turned his attention to studying the new methodology.

Is the EEOC Condoning Age Discrimination?

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced Wednesday that employers can reduce or eliminate health benefits for retirees when they become eligible for Medicare, reports The New York Times. The new rule has upset advocates for older Americans, such as AARP, which attacked the rule, saying it "gives employers free rein to use age as a basis for reducing or eliminating healthcare benefits for retirees 65 and older," Christopher Mackaronis, a lawyer for AARP, told the Times. While the EEOC says it recognizes that the proposed exemption may reduce coverage for older retirees, it is confident the new Medicare drug benefit (which guarantees retirees 65 and older would have access to drug coverage) will lessen the blow should employers pull out completely. Read Age Discrimination: What You Need to Know to learn more. 

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