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Sniffing Someone Could Be Sexual Harassment, Fifth Circuit Says

In a decision that may make it easier for plaintiffs to survive summary judgment with their sexual-harassment retaliation claims, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed a trial court decision dismissing a female employee's claim that she was "fired" after complaining that two coworkers "sniffed her in a sexually suggestive manner."
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New York Law Journal

City Agrees to Boost Number of Wheelchair-Accessible Taxis

Getting around New York City in a wheelchair has long been an exercise in frustration, but it could become easier after officials announced a legal settlement Friday mandating that at least half the city's taxi fleet be wheelchair-accessible by 2020.
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Law.com

Jailed U.S. Contractor in Cuba Presses White House to Intervene

For the past four years, U.S. Agency for International Development contractor Alan Gross has wasted away in a Cuban prison, serving a 15-year sentence for providing Internet access to the island's small Jewish community. He's counting on lawyer Scott Gilbert to win his freedom and bring him home to Washington.
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Transgender Cop Alleges Supervisors Created Hostile Work Environment

A transgender police officer has filed a complaint with a Connecticut agency alleging her supervisors created a hostile work environment because of her gender identity. Francesca Quaranta says her Middletown colleagues were initially supportive, but she eventually began to face hostility from some and the situation became so bad she took paid leave.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Letter To The Editor: Housing Authority's Policies Weren't Discriminatory

By | December 05, 2013
To the Editor: On Nov. 15, the Law Tribune ("Protecting Potential Tenants") reported that Connecticut Fair Housing Center (CHFC) was able to uncover unfair housing practices of the Winchester Housing Authority and that the lawsuit put an end to them.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Atlantic Marine Construction Co. Inc. v. U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

By | December 05, 2013
District court deciding a § 1404(a) motion to transfer venue improperly placed the burden on the movant to prove that transfer to the parties' contractually preselected forum was appropriate, instead of requiring the party acting in violation of the forum-selection clause to show that public-interest factors overwhelmingly disfavored a transfer.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Bill of Rights and the Religion of Business

In his Civil Rights and Civil Liberties column, Christopher Dunn, the associate legal director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, writes: From a constitutional perspective, the major tension in two cases the Supreme Court just announced it will hear is between respecting freedom of religion on the one hand and opening the door to corporate discrimination in the guise of religious conviction on the other. Given that for-profit corporations have never before been held to have First Amendment free exercise rights and given the potential consequences of such a holding, these cases bear close watching.
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Law.com

Sniffing Someone Could Be Sexual Harassment, Fifth Circuit Finds

In a decision that may make it easier for plaintiffs to survive summary judgment with their sexual harassment retaliation claims, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed a trial court decision dismissing a female employee's claim that she was "fired" after complaining that two co-workers "sniffed her in a sexually suggestive manner."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Suffolk Police Reach Pact With U.S. Over Bias Claims

The Suffolk County Police Department will boost officer training on the investigation of hate crimes and improve outreach to local Latino communities under a tentative agreement reached with the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District.
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New York Law Journal

Legg v. City of Rome

'Drake' Factors Favor Rights Action's Dismissal for Failure to Prosecute
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