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...

Lockhead to Pay for Racial Discrimination
Lockheed Martin Corporation has agreed to pay a former African American employee $2...

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...

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...

Georgia Sues Russia at the ICJ
Georgia has instituted proceedings [PDF] against Russia at the International Court of Justice...

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

I feel everyone should be treated equal in this world, but in a lot of cases that doesn't happen. I live in a white community with only 2 to 3 African American families. I belong to one of them. A week after getting into
I would call the courthouse and ask for the judges assistant, and ask them why t...

I was fired on June 3, 2002 in Massachusetts because I reported discriminatory behavior by the employer towards a particular nationality. In July I filed a discrimination/retaliation complaint against the employer with t
It seem sin your case that the fact you filed the complaint prior to being dissa...

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.