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National Law Journal

Meet Some of the 2014 Scholars

Participants in this year's program talk about their experience and their goals for the future.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Race Motivated Mayor to Promote Chief, Jury Finds

A federal jury has concluded that race was a motivating factor in a former Long Island mayor's decision not to appoint a white officer as police chief.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Sheriff, Deputies Liable For Man's Death Due To Excessive Force

The killing of an Ocala man by two Marion County sheriff's deputies who shot and Tasered him produced a $2.3 million jury verdict.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

INADMISSIBLE: Legal Fees Rejected In Voting Rights Case

Lawyers who successfully challenged a key provision of the Voting Rights Act can't recover $2 million in legal fees from the federal government. Plus more in this week's column.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Perez v. Zagami, LLC

Private Civil Rights Act Claim Requires Person Acting Under Color of Law
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Lesende v. Borrero

District Court's Vacatur of Prior Remittitur Order Was Abuse of Discretion
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Cottrell v. Zagami, LLC

Private Civil Rights Act Claim Requires Person Acting Under Color of Law
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Advocates for Oregon's Marriage Ban Turn to Supreme Court

Same-sex marriage is once again on Justice Anthony Kennedy's plate, this time in a request for a stay by the National Organization for Marriage, which seeks to intervene to defend on appeal Oregon's law limiting marriage to man-woman unions.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Legal Fees Denied in Landmark Voting Rights Case

Lawyers who successfully challenged a key provision of the Voting Rights Act can't recover $2 million in legal fees from the federal government, Judge John Bates of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Wednesday.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Washington Supreme Court Recognizes Religious Practices Cause of Action

A sharply divided Washington Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that a group of employees for an airline food vendor can bring a class action alleging their religious beliefs are not being accommodated in their employer-provided meals.
2 minute read

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