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Flores v. County of Los Angeles

4 minute read

National Law Journal

Pregnant Workers Need Legal Protection

Legislation snarled in Congress would fill in gaps in the law to safeguard women on the job.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Women Settles Body Cavity Search Case Against Hospital, Doctors for $1.1 Million

"We also intend to make sure that area law enforcement agencies understand that UMC's only concern when patients are brought to us in their custody is patient care," wrote James Valenti, the University Medical Center of El Paso's president, in a statement.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Fifty Years After 'Freedom Summer,' Reasons To Celebrate — and Lament

Lawyer from Jackson, Miss., witnessed hundreds of civil rights volunteers flood state.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

A Big Class Action Targets Supermax Conditions

In its biggest pro bono project ever, Arnold & Porter takes on the cause of mentally ill prisoners at the nation's highest-security prison.
11 minute read

Litigation Daily

Missing a Chance to Close the Justice Gap

Recent developments involving the ABA and state bar leaders in North Carolina highlight the same problem: Well-intentioned or not, the legal profession lacks real solutions for millions of Americans who need a lawyer but don't have the means to hire one.
4 minute read

Law.com

N.J. Muslims Seek to Revive NYPD Surveillance Suit

Wide-scale surveillance of New Jersey Muslims by the New York Police Department caused "concrete and particularized" injuries, according to papers filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit seeking to overturn summary judgment dismissal of their civil rights suit.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Indicted Officer's Misconduct Charge Under Scrutiny

In a case where a detective was accused of lying about the circumstances surrounding an arrest that turned up cocaine, the prosecution and defense are clashing over whether an official misconduct charge is valid.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

State AG Settles Unjust Conviction Claim for $3 Million

Jabbar Collins, whose murder conviction was vacated after he was incarcerated for 16 years, has settled his suit against the state, but his separate $150 million federal lawsuit against New York City and two now-retired detectives is still pending.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Seeking Title VII Protection for Sexual Orientation

Flint Dollar says he was fired from his teaching job at a Catholic school after announcing over social media his plans to marry his boyfriend.
2 minute read

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