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31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Sharon Buccino
A half a century ago, members of Congress from both parties and all corners of our nation came together to pass a landmark law that gave citizens a guaranteed say in the projects that will define our nation. [read post]
21 Dec 2010, 2:02 pm by Mike Scarcella
A federal judge in Washington this afternoon preliminarily approved a landmark $3.4 billion settlement in a longstanding class action litigation over the mismanagement of trust fund assets for hundreds of thousands of Native Americans. [read post]
11 Jan 2012, 9:51 am
I will have a lawyer from the Alliance Defense Fund and hopefully both John Eastman and Erwin Chemerinsky on today to discuss this landmark decision.The opinion in Hosanna-Tabor is here, and the unanimous decision is... [read post]
12 May 2008, 6:36 am
The UN is celebrating the coming into force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) - a landmark agreement that aims to give the world's 650m disabled people full equality. [read post]
19 Oct 2011, 3:49 am by sally
“A judge has ordered an urgent hearing of an appeal against a landmark decision giving the go-ahead for the closure of six libraries.” Full story The Independent, 19th October 2011 Source: www.independent.co.uk [read post]
30 Apr 2018, 4:05 pm by Kent Scheidegger
C-SPAN's Landmark Cases series will look at Gregg v. [read post]
21 Jun 2020, 10:00 pm
In a landmark 5–4 decision issued June 18, the US Supreme Court held that the Department of Homeland Security’s rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was unlawful agency action. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 7:59 am by Mike Scarcella
The plaintiffs' lawyers demand for at least $223 million in compensation for their work on a landmark Native American class action is excessive and goes against promises the attorneys made in a settlement contract, the U.S. [read post]
25 Sep 2015, 11:47 am by Immigration Prof
Hundreds of immigrants with mental disabilities who were ordered deported after being forced to represent themselves in court may be able to return to the U.S. under terms of a settlement approved today in a landmark class action lawsuit. [read post]
14 Nov 2012, 11:19 am by laborprof lpb
Office of Special Counsel (OSC) for bringing to our attention that Congress just passed landmark legislation to strengthen protections for federal employees who blow the whistle on waste, fraud, and abuse... [read post]
17 Jul 2009, 3:28 pm
We reported on July 2, 2009 that the Delhi High Court, in a landmark decision, ruledthat the sodomy law (Section 377 of the Indian PenalCode) was unconstitutionall under Indian law. [read post]
25 Jul 2019, 4:04 am
The role is the first of its kind for the museum, one of London's most iconic landmarks. [read post]
29 Jun 2021, 8:16 am by Associated Press
Electronic cigarette giant Juul Labs Inc. will pay $40 million to North Carolina and take more action to prevent underage use and sales, according to a landmark legal settlement announced Monday. [read post]
26 Feb 2022, 12:38 am by Immigration Prof
We have previously posted about a landmark decision by the Chief Judge for the District Court of Nevada, Miranda Du, who found that the statute criminalizing unlawful reentry was unconstitutional. [read post]
19 Apr 2010, 5:49 am by lgbtlaw blogger
Martinez, which promises to become a landmark case on freedom of association, gay rights, and whether discriminatory religious groups are entitled to public funding and other benefits. [read post]
18 Jan 2019, 3:55 am
US firm's hire of a European counsel in Brussels has handed it a role on a landmark case that is expected to last for years          [read post]
9 Aug 2012, 1:38 am by sally
“A barrister has been acquitted of possessing extreme pornography in a landmark case over the boundaries of what can be described as ‘extreme’.” Full story The Guardian, 8th August 2012 Source: www.guardian.co.uk [read post]
9 Aug 2007, 12:33 pm
Hill, the civil rights lawyer who died this week at the age of 100, is being remembered in obituaries for his role in the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. [read post]