By Kimberlee Kruesi | The Associated Press | August 23, 2024
The complaint was the first court challenge over a 2022 congressional redistricting map that carved up Democratic-leaning Nashville to help Republicans flip a seat in last year's elections, a move that critics claimed was done to dilute the power of Black voters and other communities of color in one of the state's few Democratic strongholds.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Paul Shechtman | August 23, 2024
Paul Shechman discusses the story of birth control activist Margaret Sanger and the effects her life's work has on the law today.
By Christopher Niesche | August 23, 2024
The Federal Court finds Roxanne Tickle suffered discrimination when excluded from a women's social media platform.
Corporate Counsel | Expert Opinion
By Jonathan Drimmer | August 22, 2024
The administration has pursued a whole-of-government approach, with numerous government agencies and interagency task forces taking action across a range of issues. The list below reflects some of the most visible initiatives on a thematic level, but reflects only a fraction of the steps that the administration has taken since Biden's January 2021 inauguration.
By The Associated Press | August 22, 2024
A federal judge is being asked to block the state from using the same nitrogen protocol that the state used in January to execute Kenneth Smith. The court filing cited witness descriptions of the execution and the findings of an autopsy conducted on Smith.
By Colleen Murphy | August 22, 2024
"There are certain things in the 2024 rule that, even if you are not adopting, the institution might still want to implement. Things like student training or employee training are needed to put yourself in the best position to defend against any potential Title IX actions. But it is still unclear, and I think we will have to learn to live in the gray area," said Scott Goldschmidt, a partner with Thompson Coburn in Washington, D.C.
By The Associated Press | August 21, 2024
The Alabama attorney general office wrote in a Friday court filing that the new law cannot be used to block people from voting in the upcoming election, because the Alabama Constitution prohibits new election laws from taking effect within six months of the general election.
By Marianna Wharry | August 20, 2024
"HB 1205 stigmatizes and discriminates against transgender girls and tells them they aren't deserving of the same educational opportunities to other girls in public schools. All students do better in school when they have access to resources that improve their mental, emotional, and physical health and Parker and Iris deserve that same access," said one of the plaintiffs' counsel, Henry Klementowicz, deputy legal director for the ACLU of New Hampshire.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Emily Cousins | August 16, 2024
"Mike [Alexander-Garcia] was surrendering to the police when he was shot," BBB Attorneys' Peter Bowman claimed. "He pleaded for his life to the officer and yet Officer [Andrew] Teeter still chose to shoot him five times."
By ALM Staff | August 16, 2024
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