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How the Madoff Mess Hits Women
How the Madoff mess hits women With two progressive organizations forced to shutter, it isn't just wealthy individuals being affected by the investment scandal...

Rights groups call for release of Cuban political prisoners held since 2003
[JURIST] Rights groups Tuesday marked the anniversary of a March 2003 crackdown on dissidents in Cuba by calling for the release of political prisoners detained during that round-up...

Yale Law School Conference on ?Sexual and Reproductive Rights?
The Reproductive Rights Prof Blog reports on a “sexual rights and reproductive health” conference being held at Yale Law school...

UN rights council elections favor 4 states criticized by rights groups
[JURIST] The 47-member UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [official website] held elections [materials] for 15 open seats Wednesday, with four seats going to countries that have been harshly criticized by human rights groups...

Civil rights transition memos: study the contrasts
The Obama transition project is publishing on its web page a list of the groups with whom transition teams are meeting and the documents furnished to them by those groups...

Madoff Middlemen Are Circling the Wagons
Not that it took any legal genius to figure out, but I mentioned a few days ago that the Madoff Middlemen - the advisers and hedge funds who put their clients' money with Madoff - are going to be the viable defendants in the Madoff Mess...

Cumulative Voting
Protecting minority shareholder interests

The Civil Rights Act of 1871
Law bans discrimination enacted under color of state law

State Will Statutes
State Differences in Last Will and Testament Checklist

Discrimination
Federal laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability

Can a former employee use photographs of jobs completed whie working for me in marketing material for a new business?
There are several issues here

1. Sub contractor started up a compe...

My husband's Grandmother died intestate. She had one sole heir, my husband's Father. He and his wife kept paying taxes on the property.Then he also died intestate. Now, my Mother-in-law wants to sell this property. Accor
Based on my research, his wife would have a 1/3 interest in the property. The ot...

What rights does a father have when a woman waits 13 years to tell a man he is a father & he missed out on the growing up of that child?
Actually, he has as much right as she to request a paternity test, plus he can f...

My exwife got a judgement aganst me. years latter i remarried and bought a home i told my new wife that I was not sure about owning real property so soon . our realtor told us I could file a quick claim deed. i sign it t
A quick claim deed has "No warranties" to anything. Your real estate a...

I want to know if its legal for a healthcare provider to tell you something is going to be covered and when it isn't charge you; after you specifically said you couldn't afford it?
I'm not going to sugar coat anything. It's a sad world we live in toda...

Health Plan Boycott
Connecticut chiropractic groups to pay $87,000 fine in civil suit.

Rally Rights
Gettysburg Borough awards arrested protester $22,500 civil rights settlement.

Civil / Human Rights
alleging violations of basic human and civil rights.

Becker County
Faces Civil Rights Class Action by Inmates and their Attorneys

Windsor Healthcare Management
allegedly provided substandard care and neglected the rights of its senior residents.

Employment
Employee rights including labor law, harassment, safety, unpaid overtime, discrimination and union disputes.