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National Law Journal

Justice Department, Texas Clash Over Discovery in Voting Rights Case

The U.S. Department of Justice and Texas have locked horns over discovery in a prominent voting rights challenge. Lawyers from the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division asked a panel of judges Wednesday to compel Texas to turn over legislative documents that "may shed light on the Texas Legislature's motivation" for enacting the 2011 congressional redistricting plans.
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Daily Business Review

Florida Supreme Court Reverses 3rd DCA Pregnancy Decision

Workplace discrimination on the basis of pregnancy is a form of sex discrimination barred under state civil rights law, the Florida Supreme Court ruled.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

New Complaint Filed in Lopez Harassment Case

Two women who claim they were sexually harassed by former Assemblyman Vito Lopez have filed a new complaint against the state, alleging that the former Brooklyn pol would not have been able to abuse the plaintiffs without the acquiescence of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cummings v. FBI NICS Section

By | April 17, 2014
§1983, Bivens Claims Against FBI NICS Over Gun Purchase Information Dismissed
2 minute read

National Law Journal

A Date With Justice for Victims of Abu Ghraib

One year from the Kiobel ruling, it is difficult to imagine a better use of the Alien Tort Statute than to offer some measure of justice to Abu Ghraib torture survivors—who suffered as a result of one of the most shameful episodes in recent U.S. history.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

The Careerist: All You Need Is Botox

Time for another round of quirky, strange news.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Documents Reveal Hynes Thought Collins 'Not Guilty'

Newly public documents in the high-profile wrongful conviction case of Jabbar Collins show former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes has long believed the man is not guilty, and also that the district attorney's office held reluctant witnesses in custody.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Kanderskaya v. The City of New York

By | April 16, 2014
Police Held Probable Cause to Arrest; Divorce, Protect Order Lent Credibility to Threat Claim
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Weinstein v. City of New York

By | April 16, 2014
Federal Claims Over Resignation Time Barred; Jurisdiction Over State Claims Not Exercised
1 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Protester Sentenced to Time Served

With the U.S. Supreme Court's lawyer watching, the protester who was arrested for disrupting oral argument on Feb. 26 pleaded guilty Tuesday in D.C. Superior Court and was given a light sentence.
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