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24 Jul 2024, 1:24 pm by Arfaa Law Group
If the civil rights claims are subsequently dismissed, the medical malpractice claims may be dismissed as well, as demonstrated in a recent Maryland case. [read post]
6 Nov 2024, 12:17 pm by John McKiggan
What are the legal rights of victims in Scouts Canada sexual abuse cases in Nova Scotia and the rest of Canada? [read post]
6 Nov 2024, 12:17 pm by John McKiggan
What are the legal rights of victims in Scouts Canada sexual abuse cases in Nova Scotia and the rest of Canada? [read post]
16 Nov 2023, 5:00 am by The Petrie-Flom Center Staff
From these experiences, the continuous call for action from civil society and affected communities has been to center human rights in epidemic responses and ensure that rights-based approaches remain the focal point. [read post]
27 Aug 2015, 10:24 pm by Patricia Salkin
This case involved a civil rights action brought by Pulte Home Corporation and Shiloh Farm Investments, LLC against Montgomery County, Maryland and the Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning Commission (collectively, “Defendants”) for allegedly violating Pulte’s state and federal civil rights by enacting land use legislation that adversely affected Pulte’s ownership interests in approximately 541 acres of land it owns in… [read post]
17 May 2007, 8:00 am
Abel, Associate Director of the Brennan Center for Justice, addresses how to insure that civil Gideon be implemented in a way that maximizes the competence and diligence of the attorneys who fulfill this role (A Right to Counsel in Civil Cases: Lessons from Gideon v. [read post]
7 Apr 2011, 6:13 am by kirksanderslaw
What To Do In Case Of An Accident In our society, the use and misuse of automobiles & motorcycles account for the greatest number of actions in both criminal and civil courts. [read post]
23 Apr 2011, 2:37 pm by Tomassi Law Associates
Tomassi Law Associates, LLC www.attorney-ri.com 1-888-RI-LAWLINEFirst, the three defendants wouldnt talk in depositions, asserting their Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination. [read post]
19 Feb 2015, 10:21 am by Colleen Mallick
Syrian authorities reportedly targeted activists, lawyers and human rights defenders before the country's civil war began, and those groups are particularly vulnerable today. [read post]
30 Nov 2009, 6:34 am
Many civil right to counsel advocates take as their mandate a resolution passed unanimously by the American Bar Association's House of Delegates two years ago, calling on the government to provide counsel in cases in which "basic human needs are at stake. [read post]
26 Apr 2015, 12:30 pm by Adam Kielich
In this case he recklessly caused her bodily harm. [read post]
15 Mar 2019, 1:45 pm
This meant that whatever the outcome of the case, many property owners would lose money if they dared to fight for their rights in court. [read post]
21 Sep 2009, 11:44 am
  Here are some highlights: Crime victims want an end to defendants "hiding" behind the right to silence in court but civil rights experts and defence lawyers argue this would be a serious erosion of human rights. [read post]
5 May 2023, 8:28 am by Katie Hoeppner
The ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project is founded under the leadership of Lucas Guttentag with a mission to protect the rights of immigrants. 1989 The ACLU joins several religious and civil rights organizations in a class action lawsuit challenging the Reagan administration’s discriminatory denial of 97 percent and 99 percent, respectively, of asylum applications from people from El Salvador and Guatemala, where civil wars involving… [read post]
1 Nov 2021, 12:58 pm by Jennifer Davis
Fighter in velvet gloves: Alaska civil rights hero Elizabeth Peratrovich. [read post]
16 Dec 2011, 9:31 am by sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu
According to Professor Ed Kramer of the Fair Housing Clinic, this case presents the most serious challenge to civil rights in this country in four decades. [read post]
11 Jul 2017, 11:42 am by John Floyd
Supreme Court refused to hear a Texas civil forfeiture case. [read post]
11 Jul 2017, 11:42 am by John Floyd
Supreme Court refused to hear a Texas civil forfeiture case. [read post]
29 Nov 2023, 12:15 am
In an opinion published yesterday, the Fourth District Court of Appeal held: Civil Code sections 1566, 1567, and 1570 establish a right to rescission in cases in which a person’s consent to a transaction was obtained by "menace": threats of confinement, of unlawful violence to the person or his or her property, or of injury to a person’s character. [read post]