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Conservatives Plan Follow-Up Affirmative Action Attack

Edward Blum, head of the one-man Project on Fair Representation, announced on Monday that he is targeting three major universities for potential legal challenges to their use of race in admissions: Harvard University, the University of North Carolina and the University of Wisconsin.
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Corporate Counsel

'Reasonable' Grooming Standards Not Bias, Says Court

A federal court in Alabama distinguished between immutable characteristics and social ones, like hairstyles.
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New York Law Journal

Judges Adopt Rule When Dual Sources of Fees Are in Play

Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman wrote that while the one-third standard for lawyers' contingency fees is well-known, the Court of Appeals has never before passed judgment on how a statutory fee award to lawyers should affect the fee agreement they make with clients. He said the court would rely on how the federal courts have ruled on the same issue.
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New York Law Journal

Opening Doors on a Fair Housing Decision

Moritt Hock & Hamroff's Robert L. Schonfeld analyzes the recent Eastern District decision in 'MHANY Management v. Incorporated Village of Garden City,' which presents a classic example as to how a municipality can run afoul of the federal Fair Housing Act even if none of its officers or employees directly express animus toward members of a protected class or take an action directly against a member of such a class.
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Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: Erin Murphy of Bancroft

Like her mentor Paul Clement, Erin Murphy of Bancroft PLLC now knows what it's like to deliver the winning argument in a polarizing U.S. Supreme Court case.
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Litigation Daily

Cigarette Makers Launch New Bid to End Engle Woes

Tobacco companies facing thousands of smoker lawsuits in Florida filed their ninth batch of U.S. Supreme Court petitions last week, claiming the Florida courts are trampling on their constitutional rights in the so-called Engle progeny litigation.
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New York Law Journal

Forziano v. Independent Group Home Living Program, Inc

Disability Bias Not Shown Where Cohabitation Request Denied on Basis of Married Status
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New York Law Journal

Parody, Jerry Falwell and Dead Sea Scrolls Debate

In his Civil Rights and Civil Liberties column, Christopher Dunn, the associate legal director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, writes: Parody has been a staple of political discourse from time immemorial. At its best, it can add an invaluable dimension to debate on matters of public concern, albeit at the psychic expense of the parody's target. In modern times, that expense occasionally translates into lawsuits, and the sharper the parody the spicier the legal controversy.
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The Recorder

Albino v. Baca

By | April 03, 2014
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Litigation Daily

After Class Action Shut-Out, Wal-Mart Plaintiff Clears a Hurdle

At least one more woman will be able to proceed with employment discrimination claims against Wal-Mart Stores Inc., thanks to a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. On Monday the Fifth Circuit reversed a lower court and held that Texas resident Stephanie Odle's individual claims aren't time-barred.
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