Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Fabiana Cohen | December 8, 2017
In a federal lawsuit filed in November, advocacy groups contend that the Trump administration illegally halted pay data collection intended to address the growing disparities in the wage gap. The National Women's Law Center and the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement sued the Office of Management and Budget and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, among others, for their decision to block an Obama-era measure that would have required companies with 100 or more workers to report earnings data for employees by sex, race, ethnicity and job category.
By Gina Roccanova | December 7, 2017
Instead of hunkering down in fear or denial, employers can and should view this moment as an opportunity to address long-standing issues, improve diversity, and create lasting, positive change.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. Dannunzio | December 7, 2017
A federal appeals court held that a man who was kicked out of a school board meeting for making threatening remarks was protected by the First Amendment, but the question of whether he could sue school officials still needs to be hashed out.
By Marcia Coyle | December 6, 2017
It's not everyday that federal judges submit statements to the U.S. Supreme Court. U.S. District Judge William Alsup took issue with the "incorrect impression" left by the U.S. solicitor's office petition in a DACA case.
By R. Robin McDonald | December 6, 2017
First Amendment lawyers say that the conviction of Georgia citizen journalist Nydia Tisdale for misdemeanor resisting arrest, even though she was cleared of felony obstruction and criminal trespass, could embolden more prosecutions of journalists gathering the news.
By Mike Scarcella | December 6, 2017
Coyle on Justice Kennedy: "He's really at the center now of speech and dignity in this case, with an overlay of religion. And I think, as is so often the case, when the justices are closely divided, he may well be the key to the outcome."
By Colby Hamilton | December 5, 2017
Management for the New York County Defender Services is accused of dismissing claims of harassment by a staff attorney, and then retaliating against her after she says she officially filed a report against the supervisor.
By Josefa Velasquez | Colby Hamilton | December 5, 2017
As the number of arrests at courthouses by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers continue to rise under the Trump Administration, a report released Tuesday by the Fund for Modern Courts suggests New York's courts should limit the cooperation and assistance they provide to ICE officers in the courthouses.
By Katheryn Tucker | December 5, 2017
Freed, one of the first bilingual attorneys in Miami, practiced international law since he was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1960.
By Cogan Schneier | December 5, 2017
A federal judge appeared poised Tuesday to decline a request from the Washington Archdiocese to force the Washington, D.C., public transportation system to allow its Christmas-related ads to run on city buses.
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