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4 Feb 2015, 12:26 pm
The plaintiff filed suit for gender discrimination under state law and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, and under a provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requiring "reasonable break time for nursing mothers. [read post]
23 Sep 2018, 6:30 am by Howard Friedman
Germany (No. 2 to 5):The cases concerned a series of complaints by an anti-abortion activist, Klaus Günter Annen, over civil court injunctions on various actions he had taken as part of an anti-abortion campaign. [read post]
18 Aug 2017, 4:15 am by Howard Friedman
A trial court judge in the High Court of Northern Ireland yesterday held that the rights of same-sex couples under the European Convention on Human Rights are not infringed by the law of Northern Ireland which allows them only enter civil partnerships rather than full marriage. [read post]
25 Jan 2016, 2:51 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
From CNN.com: And it seems that the terms of the verbal agreement were that if Cosby gave up his constitutional rights and gave deposition testimony in a civil case, there would not be a criminal case against him. [read post]
22 Dec 2014, 4:41 pm by Evan M. Levow
The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified after the Civil War, extended the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of the right to trial by jury in all criminal cases in state courts. [read post]
2 Sep 2011, 7:00 am by Daniel Kershen
Whether this is the case, there remains some uncertainty over what our human rights are, how to balance conflicting rights and indeed who governs them. [read post]
12 Dec 2018, 12:15 pm
I’ve spent the last year representing people in civil asset forfeiture cases across New Jersey. [read post]
9 Aug 2023, 11:00 pm
Unlike in regular civil cases, where answers may be served as a matter of right, in a summary proceeding the court has the discretion to grant or deny a party leave to serve an answer. [read post]
20 Mar 2019, 3:30 am by Gregory M. Stein
In the first case, the owner probably commits a civil wrong, while in the second case, the owner probably does not. [read post]
28 Mar 2012, 9:37 am by Eugene Volokh
We would like to be able to show the ABA that there is a great interest in Second Amendment civil rights. [read post]
11 Jan 2022, 11:18 am by Alejandro Rodriguez
It is widely known that default judgments are not favored by the Courts in view of the philosophy that all parties should have the right to be heard before a judgment is rendered against them. [read post]
31 May 2012, 2:00 am by Keith Paul Bishop
  In a civil case, the right to a jury may be waived by “the consent of the parties expressed as prescribed by statute”. [read post]
24 Jan 2013, 6:00 am by Yosie Saint-Cyr
Suffice it to say; only one of the four cases heard was successful in their claims reaffirming religious freedom is a right but not an absolute one. [read post]
13 Apr 2016, 5:00 am by Daphne Keller
But there is a paucity of high level case law on point, so defendant platforms and interested civil society groups will likely seize on the MTE ruling in response to monitoring demands by plaintiffs in European courts. [read post]
18 May 2020, 11:55 am by Kyle Persaud
In a criminal case, if you cannot afford an attorney, you have a In a civil case, you have no ,constitutional, right to a court-appointed attorney, even if you cannot afford an attorney. [read post]
24 Aug 2015, 10:23 am by Matt Belenky
Natural Fruit, the company at the center of the dispute and the target of Hall's labor abuse allegations, filed a series of criminal and civil cases against Hall, the most severe of which will force Hall to appear in the Southern Criminal Court [court backgrounder] on... [read post]
14 Mar 2017, 3:01 pm by Lyle Denniston
Since the Fourth Circuit Court has to start the case all over again, to confront the basic issue of what federal civil rights law means about transgender rights, there would not be time for the case to develop fully on an expedited schedule, the board’s filing said. [read post]