International Law

Commission on Human Rights to hear Simpson County American Legion Whites Only policy
LOUISVILLE ? The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights will hold an administrative hearing tomorrow, June 11, and Thursday, June 12, to determine whether American Legion Post 62 in Franklin has violated civil rights laws...

The new Equality web-site
While doing some writing for Landlord-Law I discovered that the new Equality Web-site is live. This was set up by the Equality Act 2006 which also set up a new Equality and Human Rights Commission...

$2.5 Million Awarded Due to Discrimination
Lockheed Martin Corp., will pay $2.5 million to former employee, Charles Daniels, who sued for having been called the N-word and for nothing having been done by Lockheed after he reported the ongoing workplace discrimination...

A Rare Case of Color Discrimination
Not a case you see everyday in the employment discrimination world: A discrimination case against bargain retailer Family Dollar can proceed, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. The U...

HRC: ExxonMobil Shareholders Show Record Support for Non-Discrimination Policy
The Human Rights Campaign has issued this press release: The Human Rights Campaign Foundation . . . commented on shareholders at Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) voting with record support for a resolution to add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the company?s official equal employment opportunity policy...

Sharp Increase in Employment Discrimination Cases
According to the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), employment discrimination charges rose 9% in 2007, the largest increase in 15 years. The increases occurred in nearly every category and, for the first time, retaliation claims have outnumbered sex-based...

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

Baseball Players Named in Mitchell Report
Major League Baseball Players using Performance Enhancing Drugs

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

Cumulative Voting
Protecting minority shareholder interests

State Will Statutes
State Differences in Last Will and Testament Checklist

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

US Federal Government
allegedly violated the niversal Declaration of Human Rights by deporting undocumented parents of US born children.

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

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

FDA
Life-Threatening Complications Associated with Recombinant Human Bone Graft Products

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