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By Riley Brennan | January 31, 2024
In reviewing the issue, Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard A. Lanzillo said the matter presented an open question for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
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By Christopher Dunn | January 31, 2024
With 2024 upon us, we are confronted with a presidential election that carries historic import for American democracy, its constitutional values and the rule of law. It is not too soon to look beyond the election cycle to the prospect of a second Trump administration. And as tumultuous as his first term was, Trump's current rhetoric and the changed American landscape signal an even more ominous second term when it comes to civil rights and civil liberties.
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By ALM Staff | January 30, 2024
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
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By Riley Brennan | January 29, 2024
A Connecticut judge denied back pay to a Bridgeport youth program manager who levied hostile workplace and sexual harassment claims against the city but awarded her attorney fees.
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By Alex Anteau | January 29, 2024
"We've found that the Georgia legislature implements a particular strategy of weaponizing parental rights as a pretext to infringe on the rights of young trans people in the state," said ACLU First Amendment Policy Director Sarah Hunt-Blackwell.
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By Riley Brennan | January 29, 2024
"The court provided guidance that where a person has had an initial clinical evaluation for competency at court, the commonwealth has the burden to prove by clear and convincing evidence that hospitalization is the least restrictive alternative to adequately determine the defendant's competency to stand trial. Now, prosecutors across the state have clear guidance and judges have clarity that they must make clear findings to support those temporary hospitalizations." Norfolk District Attorney's Office spokesman David Traub said.
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By Angela D. Giampolo | January 29, 2024
As we look toward 2024, we do so with renewed optimism, carrying forward the lessons and victories of the past year, ready to build a more inclusive and equitable society.
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By Hugo Guzman | January 26, 2024
"We sometimes hear employers sort of downplay the concern with the EEOC, believing they're going to slip under the agency's radar. But it's important to remember that where the EEOC leads, the private plaintiffs bar follows," Seyfarth Shaw partner Christopher DeGroff said.
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By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press | January 25, 2024
Arbery, 25, was chased by pickup trucks and fatally shot in the streets of a subdivision outside the port city of Brunswick on Feb. 23, 2020. His killing sparked a national outcry when cellphone video Bryan recorded of the shooting leaked online more than two months later.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | January 24, 2024
"If any principle of constitutional law ought to unite all of us as Americans, it's that the government has no business imprisoning citizens for the views they hold or the questions they ask," Circuit Judge James C. Ho wrote.
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