Legal News

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...

New York City settles homeless lawsuit
NYC settled a suit from 1983 on the rights of homeless people: Sewell Chan, "City Settles Lawsuit Over Homeless Families," New York Times (Sept...

The Equal Pay Act and Pregnancy Discrimination
The DOJ has a press release today on the United States settling a civil rights lawsuit alleging pregnancy discrimination against the New York State Corrections Department...

Lawsuit Alleges Race Discrimination in Voting Rights Section
An African-American employee of the U.S. Department of Justice's voting rights section has filed a lawsuit alleging employment discrimination, according to this report...

Big civil-rights suit settles
In Texas -- where big business is king, unions are rare and employees are used to getting kicked in the pants -- it?s not often an employer-defendant folds up the tent on a federal civil-rights suit and signs off on...

US Civil Rights Commission reviews religious discrimination in prisons
Religion Clause Blog reports: “The U.S. Civil Rights Commission has recently posted online the full transcript of its Feb...

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

Paxil Lawsuit
Paxil Claims, Lawsuits, and Injuries

Cumulative Voting
Protecting minority shareholder interests

State Will Statutes
State Differences in Last Will and Testament Checklist

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

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 is comparative negligence and strict liability in tort law?
A. comparative negligence
B. seller sells to buyer
B. defense of ...

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...

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

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

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

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

Housing Buyer Discrimination
White homeowner settles $30,000 buyer-discrimination lawsuit.

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