Religion & Law

US Rights Agency Hears Witnesses On Religious Discrimination In Prisons
The U.S. Civil Rights Commission has recently posted online the full transcript of its Feb...

4th Issues Excellent Primer on Religious Discrimination and the Duty to Accommodate
EEOC v. Wise, __F.3d__(4th Cir. Feb. 11, 2008), is an interesting religious discrimination case...

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...

Civil Rights Commission to Study RLUIPA
On Friday, the US Commission on Civil Rights will host a meeting (pdf), in Washington, D...

Canadian Court Dismsses Employer's Appeal In Religious Discrimination Case
In Syncrude Canada Ltd. v. Alberta (Human Rights and Citizenship Commission), 2008 ABCA 217 (June 10, 2008), the Alberta Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by an employer in a religious discrimination case...

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

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

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.

Religious Discrimination
NMSU to pay $165,000 in Muslim discrimination settlement.

Discrimination
race, gender, disability, religious or age discrimiation.

Religious Decorations
Oklahoma City to pay attorney fees in religious freedom violations lawsuit.

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