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International Edition

European Court Delivers Landmark Climate Ruling

For the first time, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled on the issue of state action on climate change.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Biden's Judges Have Made the Judiciary More Diverse. How Are They Shaping the Law?

While it's likely too early to see major swings in the law, the president's appointees' individual opinions on criminal law and qualified immunity show the impact the judges' diverse professional backgrounds have on their jurisprudence.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Counsel in Civil Rights Case Made False Statements in Violation of Federal Procedure Rules

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

New York Law Journal

Constitutional Limits on Congressional Investigations Into Palestine-Israel Advocacy

This article discusses two McCarthy-era Supreme Court decisions in conjunction with a current Congressional investigation that highlight how the First Amendment significantly limits the otherwise broad investigative authority of Congress.
9 minute read

Daily Report Online

Transgender Woman's Discrimination Claims Against Behavioral Health Hospital Cleared for Trial

In making his decision in the present case, Ray relied on U.S. Supreme Court case law Bostock v. Clayton County (2020), to establish that the denial of Samantha Jolley's health-care benefits amounted to intentional sex discrimination. Beal Sutherland Berlin & Brown partner Brian Sutherland served as lead counsel at the U.S. Supreme Court for Bostock in the landmark LGBTQ case, which has an impact on the firm's present fight.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Letter to the Editor: General Assembly Needs to Protect ADA Rights of State Employees

"The law is tricky—sometimes bad actors get special immunity from laws that we all agree should be followed," an Atlanta attorney writes.
2 minute read

The Recorder

When Politics and Employment Mix: What Speech Is Protected at Work?

It is well known that the law protects employees from harassment and discrimination based on race, gender, age, and disability, among other protected…
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

EEOC Files Discrimination Complaint Against Iron Hill Brewery of Buckhead

Iriel Jones, a trial attorney with the commission, filed the civil rights complaint Monday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on behalf of Jerrell McGirt against Iron Hill Brewery's Buckhead location, as well as the owners of the craft brewery and restaurant, which have 20 locations across Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Georgia.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Racial Discrimination Case Proceeds Against Home Depot

"There's conduct in the commercial world that's just beyond the pale," plaintiffs counsel David Rosen said. "It's important to have markers of things you can do in the rough-and-tumble of society, and things you just can't."
4 minute read

International Edition

Roy McMurtry Remembered as a 'Giant' in Canadian Law and Politics

The former attorney general of the province of Ontario was instrumental in setting up the legal aid system and presiding over the landmark case that legalized same-sex marriage in Canada, one of the first countries to do so.
4 minute read

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