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6 Mar 2013, 7:32 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Next week, the ACLU will bring its concerns to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, testifying at a hearing on human rights and solitary confinement in the Americas. [read post]
5 Mar 2013, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
Chenzira brought a lawsuit in federal court against the hospital, alleging—among other claims—that her termination violated her federal right under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights act to be free from religious discrimination. [read post]
5 Mar 2013, 1:51 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
While most employer and union health plan sponsors, fiduciaries and administrators are bracing to cope with “pay or play” and other mandates of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014, most report frustration with the continuing lack of clarity and uncertainty about rules and costs. [read post]
5 Mar 2013, 9:44 am by Florian Mueller
A Dutch court had also ruled against that theory, though it agreed with Apple that Samsung was not entitled to injunctive relief.With a view to a ruling scheduled for this week's Friday on a Samsung request for a U.S. import ban against UMTS-capable Apple products, Apple filed a judicial notice with the United States International Trade Commission (USITC, or just ITC), to which it attached a redacted translation of the Abuse of Rights section of the Japanese ruling. [read post]
5 Mar 2013, 12:00 am
The Up to Us Competition judges include Chelsea Clinton; former White House Chief of Staff and former Co-chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Erskine Bowles; former U.S. [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 10:42 am by Benjamin Wittes
  Considering that both the ODNI as well as the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board were recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, for which I served as Counsel, and were established by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, which I helped draft as a Hill staffer, it is especially rewarding to see those institutions represented by such talented individuals. [read post]
28 Feb 2013, 2:08 pm by admin
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bars employers from using job-screening standards that have a disparate racial impact. [read post]
27 Feb 2013, 6:28 am by nickleydorf
As a part of their negotiation, Hathaway waive her right to appealthe case after sentencing. [read post]
25 Feb 2013, 8:28 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employees can sue for damages and other relief like currently available under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other nondiscrimination laws. [read post]
23 Feb 2013, 5:00 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  The Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) generally requires that health care providers, health plans, health care clearinghouses and their businesses associates safeguard personal health care information or “PHI” and restrict its use, access and disclosure in accordance with the extensive and highly detailed requirements of the Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Regulations of the Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil… [read post]
22 Feb 2013, 3:28 am by Heidi Henson
Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) will hold a briefing today, March 22 to examine recent legal developments related to the intersection of nondiscrimination principles and civil liberties. [read post]
17 Feb 2013, 12:41 pm by Larry Catá Backer
It's expected more close cooperation with the ILO and the Human Rights Commission also emphasizes the outward thrust of efforts,. [read post]
16 Feb 2013, 7:23 am by Schachtman
Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), when its current status as a conduit for litigation industry money to support scholarship in that industry’s interests. [read post]
14 Feb 2013, 7:52 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Congress and state legislatures held hearings to examine American radicals – who they defined as pacifists, socialists, labor organizers and the organizations that defended their rights, like the National Civil Liberties Bureau, the precursor organization to the American Civil Liberties Union. [read post]
11 Feb 2013, 7:35 am
Sexual harassment is prohibited under the federal Civil Rights Act, which makes it illegal to discriminate on the basis of sex as well as other protected categories like race, national origin and religion. [read post]