Corporate & Securities Law

UN panel urges US to address racial disparities in criminal justice system
[JURIST] The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination [official website] on Friday concluded its review [report, PDF; press release] of US compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) [text]...

Arent Fox counsel elected to UN committee on racial discrimination
Los Angeles attorney Pierre-Richard Prosper was elected to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. He was already on the committee prior to his election...

Lockhead to Pay for Racial Discrimination
Lockheed Martin Corporation has agreed to pay a former African American employee $2.5 million to settle a racial discrimination case filed by the U.S. Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission...

Discrimination Suit Settled by Conectiv and Others for $1.65M
Philadelphia, PA: A racial discrimination lawsuit was filed by four black workers against Conectiv Energy and three subcontractors. The workers claimed in the lawsuit that the workers had to endure racial slurs, a life-size noose hanging for a week, and Ku Klux Klan graffiti targeted them.

Lockheed Martin Agrees to pay $2.5 Million for Racial Discrimination
Last week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced one of the largest settlements ever in an individual case. It went against (if you can call a settlement ?against?) Lockheed Martin, forcing the company to pay $2...

Georgia Sues Russia at the ICJ
Georgia has instituted proceedings [PDF] against Russia at the International Court of Justice. The action claims violations by Russia of the 1965 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), alleging, among other things, that Russia: has practiced, sponsored and supported racial discrimination through attacks against, and mass-expulsion of, ethnic Georgians, as [...

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

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

Immigration Related Employment Discrimination & Unfair Labor Practices
What to do about employers who discriminate because of national origin

Drive Through Discrimination
Jack-in-the Box pays undisclosed racial discrimination settlement to two customers.

NASCAR
Settles Racial Discrimination Suit for $225 Million

Kamehameha Schools
$7 million non-native Hawaiian racial discrimination settlement.

Employee Discrimination
Vanguard Group Inc. agrees to $500,000 racial bias settlement.

Correctional Managers
Jury orders Marion County to pay $1 million racial discrimination settlement to two former employees.

Racist Voicemail
Stamford Board of Education pays student $37,500 settlement after failing to protect her from racial discrimination.