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9 Mar 2018, 8:50 am
” Those words from the Second Circuit spoke volumes as the court ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits sexual orientation discrimination, overturning their own long-standing precedent. [read post]
29 Nov 2010, 10:11 pm
Several Northern District of California judges have recently released orders in civil rights cases and petitions for habeas corpus, among them: In Bolbol v. [read post]
1 Mar 2021, 5:01 am
To elevate values in foreign policy—with democracy and human rights at the center of that focus—the Biden administration should also reconfigure the United States’s engagement with civil society organizations, which are, in some cases, more authentic representatives of citizen interests than their governments and often more aligned with human rights norms. [read post]
3 Feb 2023, 12:23 pm
The penalties for losing a civil case are usually fines imposed by a judge, as juries are rarely used in a civil case. [read post]
20 Jul 2007, 1:01 pm
Last week I referenced an ABA article on the right to counsel in civil cases involving important and basic human needs. [read post]
17 Mar 2010, 2:15 pm
There has been such a sea change that the Conservative leader has promised that civil partners will benefit from extended paternity and maternity leave (in the case of adoption or artificial insemination babies) in the event of an election victory. [read post]
17 Mar 2021, 12:44 pm
” Additionally, Baldwin established a seat on the board for the NAACP recognizing the special relationship with the organization on civil rights cases and invited James Weldon Johnson to serve at the founding of the ACLU. [read post]
20 Oct 2021, 3:30 am
His general themes and conclusions are the same as the “access to justice” crowd: that the way in which the Court has interpreted procedural rules has placed barriers to citizens seeking to vindicate rights in civil litigation. [read post]
16 Nov 2015, 5:30 am
On Saturday, the Texas Civil Rights Project presented its 2015 Kristi Couvillon Pro Bono Awards to six Texas attorneys who volunteered on several important cases across the state. [read post]
21 Jan 2015, 7:16 am
Supreme Court will hear arguments in an important case that could knock down a crucial racial and economic pillar of justice built during the civil rights movement. [read post]
24 Mar 2011, 9:13 am
The Supreme Court of Canada has decided to take on an appeal over a pivotal Quebec case involving the right of unmarried couples to sue for alimony after a breakup.The top court will resolve the question of whether the s. 15 Charter rights of de facto spouses in Quebec are being trampled on because the province’s Civil Code fails to provide the right to “support, partition of family patrimony, protection of family residence partnership of acquests and… [read post]
15 Apr 2009, 5:15 pm
But I didn't conceive of the proposal as a civil rights proposal, or of myself as a civil rights crusader. [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 3:02 pm
DOJ's Civil Rights Division: Opportunities Exist to Improve Its Case Management System and Better Meet Its Reporting Needs GAO-09-938R, September... [read post]
5 Sep 2017, 4:07 pm
On September 15, 2017, the Case Western Reserve University School of Law will hold a conference on "Corporations on Trial: International Criminal and Civil Liability for Corporations for Human Rights Violations. [read post]
28 Nov 2016, 1:48 pm
"7th Circuit can make civil rights history for gay and lesbian employees": Alison Frankel's "On the Case" from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today. [read post]
26 Feb 2021, 10:00 am
By following up with a protective order, your rights to preserve your objections can be protected throughout the remainder of the case. [read post]
2 Nov 2012, 1:19 pm
And at some point this year, McDaniel, Graves and Furlong moved for summary judgment on Hatfield’s civil rights suit against them. [read post]
29 May 2007, 7:46 am
Civil Rights Law § 79-b provides in part that, "A conviction of a person for any crime, does not work a forfeiture of any property, real or personal, or any right or interest therein. [read post]
22 Aug 2014, 5:21 am
Everyone knows that right case is on its way to that Court.Each of these cases pit our civil right to marry the person of our choice against a state's power to legislate such matters, in many cases through voter-approved referendum or initiative. [read post]
25 Jan 2007, 7:11 am
[JURIST] Federal authorities arrested a Mississippi man Wednesday for the 1964 kidnapping and deaths of two black men in another reopened civil rights-era case [US News backgrounder]. [read post]
