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Conservative Groups Challenge Corporate DEI Initiatives With Recent Success

"It is to be hoped that corporations that enacted illegal and polarizing DEI policies during the last few years will end those policies before they are sued," said Ed Blum of the American Alliance for Equal Rights.
7 minute read

International Edition

South Africa's First Female Chief Justice: US-Educated Trailblazer Maya Mandisa

Maya Mandisa has a distinguished career advocating for women's and human rights.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Title VII at 60: The Evolution of 'Based on...Sex'

The broad and flexible interpretations of the word "sex" have surely surpassed the expectations of the bill's authors, and even more so its detractors who added the word itself.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

'Rare Case': 4th Circuit Extends 'Bivens' in Federal Inmate's Excessive Force Suit

"The officers' alleged conduct amounts to a clear-cut constitutional violation that would easily withstand a motion to dismiss in a § 1983 case," Judge Roger Gregory wrote for the court.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Faces Several Appeals on Transgender Rights

Gender-affirming care for minors. Trans student athletes. School bathroom policies. These are some of the hot-button issues that have landed on the high court's docket in recent weeks.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Alleged Racial Discrimination; Succession Defense: This Week in Scott Mollen's Realty Law Digest

Scott Mollen discusses "Elango Medical PLLC v. Trump Palace Condo," where the court dismissed claims by a doctor alleging she was barred from renting in Trump building because of her race, and "Owl Creek Properties, LLC v. Timmons," where the respondent established a succession defense and the court dismissed the holdover proceeding.
18 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Pro Bono Counsel Granted, But Court Plaintiff May Need to Proceed Pro Se Due to Volunteer Scarcity

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decisions editors. 
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Defending Police Officers in Wrongful Conviction Cases

As there has been a substantial increase in civil litigation concerning wrongful convictions, police officers and municipalities face potential liability for their involvement in the arrest and criminal prosecution of the wrongly accused. While wrongful conviction cases are incredibly nuanced, these cases are still highly defensible and there are a multitude of ways that police officers and municipalities can be defended against such claims.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

3rd Circuit Reinstates Harassment Claims: Dispute Over EEOC's Right-to-Sue Notice Date to Be Determined by a Jury

"We have not yet addressed whether such an action suffices to start the 90-day clock," Judge Arianna Freeman wrote for the court. "Under the circumstances here—where the upload was not accompanied by a direct communication to the plaintiff or her lawyer—we hold that it does not."
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

2nd Circuit Rules New York State Board of Law Examiners Is Immune From Bar Exam Accommodations Suit

"The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed to address profound discrimination against individuals with disabilities and to allow people with disabilities to use their potential, their knowledge, their talents to make the world better for everyone," said plaintiff's counsel, Mary Vargas, a partner at Stein & Vargas, in Washington, D.C. "This decision clears the way for state professional licensing entities to discriminate and in so doing deprives all of us of the gifts that people with disabilities have to offer."
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