The Appellate Division, First Department, held that the New York State Human Rights Law’s 2019 mandate for liberal construction allows the continuing violation doctrine to link untimely allegations of disparate treatment to a timely termination.
The Supreme Court cleared the way for Alabama to use its 2023 congressional map, vacating a lower court order that had blocked the map as racially discriminatory and sending the case back for reconsideration in light of Louisiana v. Callais.
The Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais has significantly raised the burden for plaintiffs challenging redistricting maps under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, requiring illustrative maps to meet not only traditional districting...
A federal appeals court reversed a jury verdict for a jail nurse and reinstated a lawsuit against Orange County, ruling the nurse lacked qualified immunity and the county failed to train staff on stroke symptoms.
A federal appeals court reversed summary judgment for the Department of the Army in a sexual orientation discrimination case, finding that a co-worker’s homophobic slurs and a tainted investigation created genuine disputes of material fact.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton warned CVS Health that its supplier diversity program may violate civil rights laws and expose the pharmacy chain to significant liability under the state's fraud prevention act.
The Justice Department announced a $30 million settlement with PayPal Inc. to resolve a fair lending investigation into a discriminatory investment program created for black and minority-owned businesses.
A federal judge in Los Angeles has ordered plaintiff Deondre Raglin to justify why the court should retain supplemental jurisdiction over his state law claims, requiring him to disclose his history of filing construction-accessibility lawsuits.
A federal judge in Maryland granted a former Amtrak conductor’s motion to amend her complaint to include a duty of fair representation claim against her union, while dismissing her race and sex discrimination claims under Title VII as futile.
A federal judge in Pennsylvania allowed a home care worker’s Title VII case to include evidence that his harasser was caught stealing from residents and coming to work intoxicated, ruling the proof is relevant to showing the employer’s stated reason for the...
A federal judge held Cook County liable under Monell for deliberately ignoring the obvious risk that its property tax sale system would strip homeowners of equity without compensation, violating the Fifth and Eighth Amendments.
A federal judge on Monday dismissed the Justice Department's lawsuit seeking Arizona's statewide voter registration list, ruling that the Civil Rights Act of 1960 does not authorize the government to compel states to produce the databases.
The Supreme Court vacated a lower-court injunction blocking Alabama’s 2023 congressional map, sending the case back for review in light of its recent ruling in Louisiana v. Callais. Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, warning the order would cause...
A federal judge in Arizona ruled that the state's voter registration database is not a protected "record" under the Civil Rights Act of 1960, dismissing the Justice Department's lawsuit to compel its production.
A federal judge in Tacoma denied summary judgment to the University of Washington Tacoma on a student’s First Amendment retaliation claim, allowing a jury to determine if faculty withdrew her from a social work program due to personal disagreement with her...
A senior living facility providing specialized care for disabled residents qualifies as a public accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, allowing key disability claims to proceed despite a statute of limitations bar for one plaintiff, a...
A federal judge in the Southern District of Mississippi ruled that a nonprofit’s Fair Housing Act claims are ripe for review after the City of Madison ignored its accommodation request for 61 days, but denied summary judgment on the merits of whether the...
A federal judge dismissed the Justice Department's lawsuit against Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, ruling that the federal government cannot compel the state to produce its statewide voter registration list under the Civil Rights Act of 1960.
A federal judge in Virginia denied qualified immunity to a police detective who conducted a search of a motorist during a traffic stop, ruling that a jury could find the search exceeded the scope of a permissible Terry frisk.
The 10th Circuit ruled that mandatory racial sensitivity training and its aftermath did not create a hostile work environment for a former Colorado corrections officer, rejecting his Title VII claim that the program’s content and alleged enforcement created...