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27 Apr 2015, 5:53 am by admin
There are currently no federal laws pertaining to cyberbullying, but some cases overlap with existing discriminatory harassment policies which is covered under federal civil rights laws enforced by the U.S. [read post]
4 Dec 2024, 11:39 am
The case now before the justices does not turn on the Civil Rights Act but on the Constitution’s equal protection clause.... [read post]
6 May 2011, 3:29 am
Veteran's rights upon the abolishment of positions for economy or other lawful purposeFromer v Commissioner of Labor, 268 AD2d 707 An individual’s status as veteran within the meaning of Section 75 of the Civil Service Law may provide an individual with rights and benefits beyond the “disciplinary due process rights” usually claimed, as the Fromer case demonstrates. [read post]
30 Jun 2009, 9:40 am
DeStefano would be important because of its potential to change the way discrimination cases are evaluated under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and because Judge Sonia Sotomayor was one of three judges who issued the decision being reviewed by [...] [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 3:41 pm by brian
SCOTUSblog reported yesterday: Yesterday's decision means that death row inmates may bring a federal civil rights lawsuit to get evidence that was not DNA tested before or during their state criminal trial. [read post]
5 Mar 2009, 11:59 pm
The civil-rights case of a man who alleged a Las Vegas police officer squeezed his testicles for about 10 seconds during an arrest continues to bring out the worst in George W. [read post]
27 May 2009, 8:15 am by stu@crimapp.com
In the last of three plenary cases decided yesterday, the Court ruled that it is unconstitutional for a state to bar all damage lawsuits brought under federal civil rights law against prison officers or guards, allowing instead only a claim against the state itself in a special claims court. [read post]
3 Mar 2010, 3:42 pm by site admin
Wasserman, Iqbal, Procedural Mismatches, and Civil Rights Litigation, 14 Lewis & Clark Law Review 157 (2010) Understanding the twin pleading cases of Bell Atlantic Corp. v. [read post]
27 Jul 2023, 3:54 am by Dan Tokaji
He is accused of orchestrating an attempt to overturn the… Continue reading The post Brennan Center: “The Civil Rights Law That Could Be Used to Indict Trump” appeared first on Election Law Blog. [read post]
19 Sep 2008, 2:28 pm
In Washington state, the Supreme Court ruled in December that there is no right to legal representation in divorce cases. [read post]
15 Jun 2020, 9:55 am by Howard Bashman
” Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “In landmark case, Supreme Court rules LGBTQ workers are protected from job discrimination; The decision said Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which makes it illegal for employers to discriminate because of a person’s sex, also covers sexual orientation and transgender status. [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 5:30 am by Janet Lindenmuth
Some of the many civil rights cases he handled were Parker v. [read post]
23 Nov 2019, 12:50 pm by Howard Bashman
“Byron Allen Spares No One in Accusing Comcast of Racial Bias; The black entrepreneur has gone after civil rights groups and other black leaders to make his case; Some fear that protections dating to 1866 are in jeopardy”: John Eligon of The New York Times has this report. [read post]
13 Sep 2012, 1:59 am
  Civil cases will, all, be reported starting in 2015. [read post]
26 Nov 2018, 5:50 am by Emma Broches
  Meanwhile, human rights violations are also being documented by international NGOs such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, and national organizations such as the Syrian Network for Human Rights and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. [read post]