Labor & Employment Law

DOJ Civil Rights Division Sued for Discrimination
Charged with the task of enforcing federal anti-discrimination statutes the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division often finds itself involved in a variety of civil rights actions around the country...

Congress Working to Undo The Supreme Court's Hedging of Civil Rights
Recently both chambers of Congress introduced versions of a Civil Rights Act of 2008 that encompassed a plethora of topics relating to employment...

Civil rights group tries to halt GA defender firings
From the Rome News-Tribune: A civil rights group is trying to block the state?s public defender system from closing a 21-member office at the end of the month, which it says could leave as many as 1,800 defendants in the lurch...

Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse Revisited
The Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse is a web repository of information and documents relating to civil rights cases, particularly injunctive and class-action cases...

"The Next Civil Rights Battle" in Wired Magazine
Wired magazine has an article on "Why the Next Civil Rights Battle Will Be Over the Mind...

Blawg of the Day -- Illinois Civil Rights Defense Law Blog
Today we'll head to Chicago, and mention the Illinois Civil Rights Defense Law Blog, which is published by Rock Fusco, LLC...

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

Cumulative Voting
Protecting minority shareholder interests

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

Gay Marriage Laws
Where same sex couples can marry

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...

How to make a landlord honor an option to buy provision in the lease (OH)?
Most leases are written as a one year agreement, if neither party elects to form...

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

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

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

Free Speech
Canterbury agrees to pay $60,000 settlement in civil rights lawsuit.

Owasso, OK
$300,000 settlement reached in civil rights violations lawsuit.

Video Taping Arrest
Harris County pays wrongfully arrested brothers $1.7 million civil rights settlement.