Legal News

Discrimination Suit against DOJ Civil Rights Division
Legal Times is reporting (free registration required) that a 13-year veteran paralegal, Joi Hyatte, in the Civil Rights Division has filed a suit claiming she was discriminated and harassed by managers who repeatedly passed her over for advancement because she...

Attorney General Firings - Not Merely Politics?
Ari Shapiro at NPR's All Things Considered has a story "Justice Probes Lawyer's Dismissal Amid Gay Rumor...

Civil Rights Leader Settles Discrimination Lawsuit
Atlanta, GA: Rep. John Lewis has spent a large part of his life fighting discrimination...

Court: Subjective Hiring Process Permitted Racial Bias
A recent case in the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals demonstrates how discretionary decision-making can lead to employment discrimination claims...

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...

Pregnancy Discrimination and the Florida Civil Rights Act
In Carsillo v. City of Lake Worth, No. 4D07-4236 (Fla. 4th DCA Sept. 10, 2008), the Fourth DCA held that the Florida Civil Rights Act ("FCRA") bars discrimination based on pregnancy...

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

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

Gay Marriage Laws
Where same sex couples can marry

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...

Can I legally stop my kids grandmother from harassing me?
Hello and thank you for your question.
You need to file for a Civil Harass...

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.

Dell
Sued for Gender Discrimination