Criminal Law

Minneapolis Settles Racial Discrimination Suit
The city of Minneapolis will not admit any wrongdoing in a $740,000 settlement in a racial discrimination lawsuit brought by five black police officers. The officers claimed that they did not receive promotions, endured a hostile work environment and faced retaliation because they were black...

D.C. Circuit Rules Against Police Officers in Discrimination Suit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Feb. 23 ruled against six African-American police officers who filed a racial discrimination suit against Lt. Robert Atcheson of the D...

N.Y. Governor Patterson Settles Reverse Discrimination Suit For $300,000!!
The May 5, 2009 New York Post reported, here, that Gov. Patterson settled a reverse discrimination law suit for $300,000. Just after the Gov. had became Democratic minority leader, Patterson fired a photographer...

$79,880 settles pregnancy discrimination suit
U.S. Security Associates, Inc. will pay $79,880 to settle a pregnancy discrimination suit brought by the EEOC, which charged the company with unlawfully subjecting a security guard to pregnancy discrimination and then firing her in retaliation for complaining about it ? in addition to firing her husband, a coworker, for supporting her in the matter...

Former Proskauer CFO Hits Firm With Discrimination Suit
Proskauer Rose has built a reputation as one of the nation's leading defenders of employment discrimination suits. But now the firm is one the receiving end of a discrimination suit, filed today in New York state court by the firm's former Chief Financial Officer, Elly Rosenthal.

Ind. Courts - "Fire postpones sentencing in murder case"
Jeff Wiehe reports in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette in a story that begins:BLUFFTON ? A large fire in Bluffton...

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Mesothelioma Law Suit
Asbestos Exposure

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

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

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

Police Officer Slander
City of Detroit agrees to $25,000 settlement.

Police Whistleblower
Officer awarded $980,000 for whistleblower violations and retaliation.

Police Officer
City of Tonawanda awards former employee $47,000 wrongful termination settlement.

Boat Crash
Police officer awarded $100,000 settlement after crashing into bridge piling while on duty.

New York City
$1.5 million settlement after a family of four was killed by an off duty drunken police officer.

Motorcycle Cop Accident
Erie police officer awarded $150,000 workers compensation settlement after sustaining serious injuries while on duty.