By Christine Schiffner | July 17, 2023
Elite Trial Lawyers Lifetime Achievement Award winner Joseph Sellers on his role in drafting the Civil Rights Act of 1991 and on his practice group viewing itself "as something of a private attorney general. We try to take on matters of public importance that serve our clients' interests as well as places where the federal, state or local enforcement efforts haven't worked as well."
National Law Journal | Commentary
By Jeffrey S. Trachtman | July 3, 2023
The '303 Creative' case, while presented as a free speech challenge, is part of an ongoing litigation campaign by religious conservatives seeking to frame LGBTQ rights as an assault on Christianity, and Friday's SCOTUS decision is therefore being hailed in right-wing circles as a victory for religious liberty. It is anything but.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | June 23, 2023
Shook, Hardy & Bacon hired a former civil rights division prosecutor in Houston to lead a pro bono practice focused on civil rights and racial justice litigation.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Emily Cousins | June 13, 2023
"What happened to Randy Cox was unacceptable," New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker said. "When an individual enters police custody, there is an obligation to treat them with dignity and respect and in a manner that ensures their safety and well-being."
By Jimmy Hoover | June 8, 2023
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's majority opinion recounts Congress' Reconstruction era effort to address "state-sanctioned lawlessness and violence against the freedmen and their White Republican allies."
By Adolfo Pesquera | May 19, 2023
Texas state Sen. Bryan Hughes said many social media companies include a provision in their terms of service to require any actions against them be made in states that are beneficial to the social media companies.
By Everett Catts | May 12, 2023
"This decision ... is a landmark victory for transparency and accountability in government," Bob Cheeley of the Cheeley Law Group in Alpharetta, Caroline Jeffords' attorney, said in a news release. "It represents common sense and is the first time in our country's history that an appeals court has recognized that citizens of a state have standing to question important governmental functions such as the manner in which votes are processed and tabulated."
By Jason Grant | May 4, 2023
The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
By Riley Brennan | May 2, 2023
"It's not just the absence of protections from the U.S. Supreme Court," said Matt Segal, one of two senior staff attorneys tapped for the ACLU's new State Supreme Court Initiative. "It's also that we have seen in many ways that state supreme courts are important in the lives of people across this country and often act in important ways to protect them."
National Law Journal | Profile
By Christine Schiffner | April 27, 2023
"There's the follow your passion. There's the work hard. There's the taking care of yourself in that work so you don't burn out," says civil rights attorney Debra Katz on the three key elements of being a good lawyer.
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