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'Deeply Troubling': Tesla Sued Over 'Racially Hostile Work Environment' Amid Surge of Racial Discrimination Litigation

Current and former Tesla employees who worked at Tesla's EV manufacturing facilities in Fremont and Lathrop, California, allege that supervisors and colleagues at these factories created a "racially hostile work environment" by routinely harassing African American, Hispanic and Latinx Tesla employees.
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New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Bronx Judge Takes on 'Cancel Culture' in Partial Dismissal of Frequent Fox News Guest's Defamation Claim

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

Second Federal Court Enjoins Enforcement of Biden Administration's New Title IX Rules

U.S. District Chief Judge Danny C. Reeves of the Eastern District of Kentucky issued the 93-page opinion Monday in the matter of State of Tennessee v. Cardona, holding that the department redefining "sex" to include gender identity wreaks havoc on Title IX and produces results that Congress could not have intended.
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Law.com

Massachusetts Appeals Court Reinstates Customer's Discrimination Claims Against Dunkin' Donuts Franchise

The case law makes clear that the cook's conduct need not be solely or even predominantly motivated by a purpose to serve the employer, the court said.
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New York Law Journal

Federal Lawsuit Says NYC Padlocking Alleged Illegal Pot Shops Afoul of 14th Amendment

The complaint accuses the city of unlawfully shuttering more than 200 businesses in the past six weeks under the state government's recently enacted SMOKEOUT Act.
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New York Law Journal

'No-Tell Motel'?: Hilton Hotel Brands Hit With Allegations of Complicity in Sex Trafficking

The suit alleges management turned a blind eye to sex trafficking and violence at one Elmsford, NY Hampton Inn.
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New York Law Journal

False Food Labeling, Sentence Reduction, Indictment Dismissal

This column reports on several significant representative decisions from the Eastern District of New York. Judge Frederic Block denied a motion to dismiss a putative class action based on claims of false or misleading food labeling. Judge Joan M. Azrack denied a motion for a reduction in sentence. Judge Eric R. Komitee denied defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment against him.
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National Law Journal

4th Circuit Finds Baltimore Violated Evicted Tenants' Due Process Rights

"In sum, we think it eminently fair to hold a municipality responsible for harm caused by a failure of due process when it passes a confiscatory ordinance that fails to provide for the process due," Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III wrote for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in affirming a district court's summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs.
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The Legal Intelligencer

How to Navigate and Respond to Government Alerts on Attending Pride Events in the US, Abroad

These alerts, while prioritizing safety, evoke painful memories of past attacks and heighten anxieties about the ongoing threats faced by LGBTQ+ individuals.
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International Edition

Another Judge to Leave Hong Kong's Top Court

Canada's former chief justice, Beverley McLachlin, said she will retire at the end of her term in July. Her announcement comes days after two British judges quit over concerns about the political situation in Hong Kong.
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