By Penny Reid and Liz Feldman, Sidley Austin | November 1, 2017
Federal judges are trending toward siding with plaintiffs in website accessibility cases under the Americans with Disabilities Act as cases begin to reach them over compliance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
By Andrew Denney | October 31, 2017
A former columnist for The New York Times can pursue his defamation claim against a company that produced a film based on an article penned by his former wife that portrays him as a philanderer, a Manhattan judge has ruled.
By Marcia Coyle | October 31, 2017
The Colorado man who refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple—a dispute now at the heart of a U.S. Supreme Court case—isn't the only party to his challenge. His company, Masterpiece Cakeshop, is also a party, and a decision in favor of the baker could have wider implications for corporations and shareholders.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | October 31, 2017
A school bus driver fired after refusing to be fingerprinted for a background check because she believed it would mean she was accepting the "mark of the devil" can sue her employer for religious discrimination, a federal judge has ruled.
By Leigh Jones | October 30, 2017
On that special day in America when we celebrate all things macabre, take a look at a few stand-out tales involving spooky plaintiffs, scary defendants and Halloween-inspired litigation.
By Marcia Coyle | October 30, 2017
The American Bar Association on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject what it called a "baseless attempt" by the Trump administration to relegate gays and lesbians to second-class status under the nation's anti-discrimination laws. Donald Verrilli Jr., a former Obama-era U.S. solicitor general, filed the brief for the ABA in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. In the case, a baker refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple.
By Erin Mulvaney | October 27, 2017
Greg Nevins, the workplace fairness program strategist at Lambda Legal, is involved in three high-profile appeals court cases that consider whether LGBT employees can sue under federal civil rights law for alleged workplace discrimination.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Robert Storace | October 27, 2017
Former Yale employee Leon McCalla alleges in a lawsuit that he was harassed and verbally assaulted because he is an African-American.
By Connecticut Editorial Board | October 27, 2017
Does a devout Christian who is in the business of making wedding cakes for a living have a First Amendment right to refuse to make a wedding cake for a…
By P.J. Dannunzio | October 26, 2017
A university police department detective who ordered the arrest of two students who would later be expelled for sexual assault allegations must first prove the reasonableness of the arrests before she can be determined immune from their civil rights lawsuit, a federal appeals court has ruled.
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