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Texas Lawyer

Beards and Kufis: Federal Ruling a First in Texas

Eric Albritton represents David Rasheen Ali, a Muslim prisoner who won the right to wear a long beard and cap in a religious freedom case that has U.S. Supreme Court implications.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices Add Cases to New Term's Docket

Housing discrimination, judicial candidates' campaign finances, bankruptcy fee applications and religion-related job bias claims are among 11 cases that the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear in its new term.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

No Action—Yet—on Same-Sex Marriage Petitions

Same-sex marriage advocates and opponents will have to wait a little while longer to see what the U.S. Supreme Court will do with petitions urging it to finally resolve the nation's constitutional debate.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Justice Department and New York Civil Rights Cases

In his Civil Rights and Civil Liberties column, Christopher Dunn writes: The disclosure of Holder's planned departure spawned broad discussion about his legacy, which includes controversies in New York. For the most part, the DOJ's involvement here has come in terrorism cases and national security challenges. But although the department's participation in civil rights litigation is far less frequent, that participation can have a major impact on civil rights litigation, for better or for worse.
10 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Where Voting-Rights Litigation Stands

Seven key voting rights challenges are pending across the country. Here are the most recent court actions in those cases.
3 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Vote-Restriction Laws Line Up for Supreme Court Review

When a divided U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed Ohio to curtail early voting, the case represented the first of several that the justices likely will face this year in what advocates call the greatest national struggle over voting rights in decades.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Plaintiff Alleges ADA Violations by Banks, Retailers

The proposed class action Robert Jahoda recently filed against Redbox Automated Retail LLC is the 13th such suit alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act the legally blind Pennsylvanian has brought this year, and the 61st since 2012, according to filings in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Steven M. Katzman Gets Jury to Award $1.2M to Couple Bullied by Mayor

Steven M. Katzman said he chronologically laid out when his clients filed suit and when they were subject to code enforcement hearings, and he "asked the jury to connect the dots."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Burbar v. Incorporated Village of Garden City

By | October 01, 2014
Opinion Work Product Privilege Only Partly Shield Documents From Production
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Douglas v. Doe, PICS Case No. 14-1512 (E.D. Pa. Sept. 12, 2014) Surrick, J. (22 pages).

By | September 30, 2014
Prisoner Rights • §1983 • Deliberate Indifference • Americans With Disabilities Act
4 minute read

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