Labor & Employment Law

DOBBS SHOW LABELED HATE PROMOTER BY CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP
Do you want to see Lou Dobbs' head explode? Watch this interview with civil rights group La Raza's President Janet Murguía who came to put Dobbs on warning that her organization is taking on a new campaign to drive hate speech from the cable news networks...

DOJ to increase enforcement of hate crime laws
[JURIST] US Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez said Thursday that the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to increase its efforts to prosecute hate crimes...

NEO-NAZI GROUPS FINDING NEW HOME IN ANTI-IMMIGRATION MOVEMENT
The Immigration Policy Center has an interesting post discussing how skinheads, militias, the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups are becoming involved in the country's anti-immigration movement...

Southern Poverty Law Center Report: Anti Immigrant Advocacy Encourages Hate Crimes
Source: Crime and Justice News, March 10, 2008. "Anti-immigrant sentiment is fueling nationwide increases in the number of hate groups and the number of hate crimes targeting Latinos, said a Southern Poverty Law Center report quoted by the Associated Press...

Update on Anti-Hate Provisions of Human Rights Legislation
On October 28, 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada granted the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission leave to appeal the decision of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal in the Whatcott case...

ZOGBY POLLS FOR HATE GROUP
Zogby International used to be considered one of the more reliable polling organizations in the US. But the firm has come under considerable fire of late for who it accepts money from and the nature of the polling work it is doing for these groups...

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

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

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

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

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

Immigration and Customs Enforcement
alleging government agencies and officials violated immigrant workers' constitutional rights.

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.