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27 Aug 2013, 8:13 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
   The action will finalize plans to adopt these rules that the Administration previously announced last December, reported on by Solutions Law Press, Inc. in DOL Plans To Tighten Employment Protections For Disabled Veterans & Other Disabled Employees Signals Need For Businesses To Tighten Defenses. [read post]
5 Jan 2014, 9:01 pm by David S. Kemp
Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall), Kemp served as Senior Executive Editor of the California Law Review and worked as a summer intern with the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.Follow @DavidSKemp on Twitter [read post]
27 Oct 2016, 7:02 am by Joy Waltemath
.), are raising concerns about what they view as a dangerous provision included in the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would roll back critical workplace protections and enable what they call “taxpayer-funded discrimination. [read post]
28 Jan 2008, 9:39 pm
Congress would do much better to increase the funding of the EEOC, so its lawyers could litigate more disability cases. [read post]
24 Jan 2022, 1:49 pm by ACLU
When it comes to other issues involving the separation of church and state, the administration supported the state of Maine’s right to refuse funding for religious education in a recent Supreme Court case. [read post]
30 Jun 2014, 4:47 am by Ralph Behr, Esq
 Collateral consequences of a conviction impose legal restrictions including the loss of civil rights, voting privileges, disqualification from many professions, loss of economic opportunities from lenders, credit providers, educational opportunities and grants, public assistance and publicly funded training programs. [read post]
29 Oct 2018, 2:04 pm by Alexander Berengaut and Tarek Austin
Department of Justice) have long argued that because the CFAA prohibits accessing computers without “authorization,” cyberattack victims expose themselves to criminal liability if they venture outside their network to unmask an attacker and disrupt, disable or destroy the attacker’s system.[4] The purpose of the ACDC is to reduce legal uncertainty by, in effect, providing a statutory safe harbor for victims of cyberattacks to “hack back” — under the… [read post]
6 Jan 2017, 10:59 am by Gene Takagi
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Resource Page Donald Trump and the Overinflated Presidency (WSJ) Amicus: Corruption in the White House (Slate) Legal Aid at Work: @Dahlialithwick We need to do better job of helping ppl undstnd what’s @stake; other side convincd ppl to vote against self-interest Have to work across narrow interests (environment, LGBT, etc.); change will come from ground-up – decentralized @Dahlialithwick… [read post]
14 Dec 2011, 2:47 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  The expanding applicability of nondiscrimination rules coupled with the wave of new policies and regulatory and enforcement actions should alert private businesses and state and local government agencies of the need to exercise special care to prepare to defend their actions against potential disability or other Civil Rights discrimination challenges under employment and a broad range of other laws. [read post]
26 Feb 2014, 6:34 am by Rachel, Law Clerk
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, February 26, 2014:Judge sets Mexican trial for drug kingpin 'El Chapo' in motion | Deseret News US Supreme Court hears arguments in case concerning subprime mortgage crisisMan who beheaded Greyhound bus passenger deserves more freedom, psychiatrist saysGeorgia man's sexting photo ruled not criminal Distracted driving fines increase to $255 on March 18Heinz expected to announce Leamington deal this week The Evolution of… [read post]
3 Sep 2023, 9:43 am by Richard Hunt
Epstein in ass’n with Amicus Project at Southwestern Law School Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund ²  I should emphasize that many testers are volunteers working for legitimate civil rights organizations, including those who filed amicus briefs. [read post]
11 Jan 2013, 3:57 am by Robin E. Shea
Young, with some big guns on her side, including the American Civil Liberties Union and Legal Momentum (formerly the National Organization for Women Legal Defense and Education Fund) as well as other women's groups, argued that UPS was required to offer her a light duty position for the duration of her pregnancy as it did for workers' comp and ADA-disabled employees. [read post]
14 Oct 2020, 9:40 am by Dale Ho
The ACLU and the ACLU of Missouri brought the case on behalf of the NAACP of Missouri, the League of Women Voters of Missouri, and several individuals.Alabama: In June, the ACLU and the ACLU of Alabama joined a lawsuit, on behalf of several Alabama voters and the Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute, brought by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, to ensure all… [read post]
2 Oct 2023, 11:57 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
If you find this of interest, you also may be interested in reviewing some of our other Solutions Law Press, Inc. resources available here such as:  $80,000 Penalty Confirms Health Plans Exposure For Violating HIPAA Access Rights $4.4 Million Warning About Proper Billing On Government Projects OSHA Proposing To Expand Third Parties Allowed To Accompany Employees During Inspections Employers Should Prepare for Proposed DOL Rules To Disqualify Additional 4… [read post]
13 Oct 2011, 1:27 pm by Mike Scarcella
The White House today honored 16 lawyers and community leaders for their work in area of areas of the law that include civil rights, domestic violence and legal defense. [read post]
23 Oct 2020, 12:42 pm by Andrew Hamm
The IDEA offers states federal funds in return for providing a “free appropriate public education” for all students with disabilities. [read post]
24 May 2011, 11:38 am by Tyler S St Cyr
  From a legislative policy perspective, the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is on the right side of “good education” policy, espousing five key points of advocacy in terms of reauthorization of the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA). [read post]
2 May 2022, 2:12 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
 the Supreme Court ruled that funding recipients under the Rehab Act and the ACA “have not, merely by accepting funds, implicitly consented to liability for punitive damages. [read post]
18 Aug 2010, 4:59 pm by Charles O'Mahony
  For a history of the ADA see the Disability Rights and Education Defense Fund (DREDF) website here. [read post]