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Goodwin Procter, ACLU File Suit Challenging State Law That Bans Transgender Students' Participation in Sports

"HB 1205 stigmatizes and discriminates against transgender girls and tells them they aren't deserving of the same educational opportunities to other girls in public schools. All students do better in school when they have access to resources that improve their mental, emotional, and physical health and Parker and Iris deserve that same access," said one of the plaintiffs' counsel, Henry Klementowicz, deputy legal director for the ACLU of New Hampshire.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Law Firm Brings Action Under Novel Police Accountability Act

"Mike [Alexander-Garcia] was surrendering to the police when he was shot," BBB Attorneys' Peter Bowman claimed. "He pleaded for his life to the officer and yet Officer [Andrew] Teeter still chose to shoot him five times."
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New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Use of Plaintiff's Likeness in Apparel May Violate New York's Privacy Protections, Judge Finds

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decisions editors. 
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New Jersey Law Journal

DOJ, New Jersey Judiciary Settle Over Language Access Discrimination Allegations, Retaliation Against Court Employee

"The judiciary, like the Department of Justice, is committed to ensuring equal access to the courts for all," Peter McAleer, spokesperson for the Administrative Office of the Courts, said in a statement to the Law Journal.
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Daily Report Online

Ga. Sheriff's Office Cannot Categorically Exclude Coverage for Gender-Affirming Surgeries, Says Landmark 11th Circuit Decision

On May 13, a three-judge panel for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that employers cannot discriminate against transgender employees by categorically excluding coverage for gender-affirming care from employee health care plans.
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National Law Journal

4th Circuit Upholds Maryland Assault Weapons Ban in Split Ruling

"Our friends in dissent would rule the Maryland statute unconstitutional," Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III wrote for the court. "They would go so far as to uphold a facial challenge to the enactment, meaning that there is no conceivable weapon, no matter how dangerous, to which the Act's proscriptions can validly be applied."
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New York Law Journal

Harvard Can't Escape Suit Alleging Indifference to Campus Antisemitism, Judge Rules

Attorney Marc Kasowitz has sued multiple elite universities over the climate for Jewish students on their campuses.
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Law.com

Wisconsin Hospital Must Face Religious Discrimination Suits Over COVID-19 Vaccine Policies, Appeals Court Says

Despite a division in one of the two panels of judges to reinstate religious discrimination lawsuits against a Wisconsin hospital system, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit aligned with its sister court's decisions over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Sharply Divided Conn. Supreme Court Chooses Broad View of Supervisor Role in Bias Case

The dissent claims the majority opinion could lead to employers escaping liability.
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New Jersey Law Journal

NJ State Police Must Provide Comptroller With Docs Demonstrating Antidiscrimination Consent Decree Compliance

We urge the State Police to provide the required information to the State Comptroller without further delay. The reputation of this law enforcement agency depends on it.
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