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Judge Sinks Goodwin's Request for New Trial After Jury Sides With Boston Police in Wrongful-Death Suit

"Because the jury found that the officers did not violate Stilphen's constitutional rights, the court will dismiss the Monell claim. Here, because the jury determined that the officers did not violate Stilphen's constitutional rights, the § 1983 claim against the city necessarily fails, and the request to dismiss the Monell claim must be allowed," wrote U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns for the District of Massachusetts.
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Law.com

Movie Theater Agrees to Pay Former Employee $137K in EEOC Discrimination Settlement

The Texas corporation, which operates movie theatres across the country, also agreed to revised anti-discrimination standards and train corporate and regional managers, while posting an employee notice at its Charlotte, North Carolina, location. The company also agreed to an annual Title VII training program featuring and compliance check-ins.
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Daily Report Online

Settlement Reached in Transgender Discrimination Complaint Against Medical Provider

"[Our client] feels that she has helped send a message to businesses, especially in the medical field, of the need to maintain respect for the rights and dignity of transgender persons," plaintiff counsel with Beal Sutherland Berlin & Brown told the Daily Report.
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New York Law Journal

Court Preserves Racial Discrimination Claims Against NYC Law Department

Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Hasa Kingo disagreed with the Law Department's argument that comments at issue in the lawsuit are not racist in nature and that they "speak to a deeply historical invidious racial animus."
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National Law Journal

Why ACLU's New Legal Director Says It's a 'Good Time to Take the Reins'

"Applying Chevron deference in immigration cases and deferring to the Board of Immigration Appeals is like deferring to the prosecution on the meaning of criminal law," Cecillia Wang said. "The Loper Bright decision represents an opportunity to hit the reset button in places where courts have inappropriately deferred to agency interpretations of the laws that Congress enacted."
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Connecticut Law Tribune

'This Case Was My Life': Solo Practitioner Gets $4.9M Settlement

"You had to really have a vision of what was happening here," solo practitioner Michelle Holmes said. "This idea that people got fired over complaining about a porta-potty in the parking lot, nobody could really see the First Amendment component of the case. ... I really dug deep and I could see what the case was about."
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Standing to Sue? 3rd-Party Discrimination Dispute Lands Before Justices

"What is the violation of your client's own rights?," Justice Andrew A. Pinson asked appellant counsel during oral arguments Tuesday.
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National Law Journal

8th Circuit Appeal Could Weaken Key Defense in Disability Bias Cases, Employment Lawyers Say

Hardee's is urging the court to reject a test that permits Americans with Disabilities Act claims to go to a jury if the firing of a disabled employee for having violated workplace policy is "inextricably linked" to the worker's disability.
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New York Law Journal

The 'Lopez' Decision Demands Legislative Action. The Marvin Mayfield Act Is the Solution.

There is a bill currently pending, the Marvin Mayfield Act, which would eliminate mandatory minimum sentences in New York.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

The Impact of Drug and Alcohol Testing on Child Custody Evaluations

"A legislative update to the Texas Family Code in 2021 prevents the Department of Family and Protective Services from removing a child solely based on a parent testing positive for marijuana," write Elisa Reiter and Daniel Pollack.
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