By Aleeza Furman | December 16, 2021
On Wednesday, a team of attorneys with the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund and Reed Smith successfully argued in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas that a Pennsylvania statute barring individuals with past felony convictions from changing their legal names is unconstitutional.
By Charles Toutant | December 16, 2021
Judge Theodore McKee wrote a separate, concurring opinion that was joined by the two other judges. McKee wrote, "[T]he deference to law enforcement that consistently results in qualified immunity in excessive force cases is inconsistent with the vast amount of research in such cases as well as the evolving national consensus of law enforcement organizations."
By Jacqueline Thomsen | December 15, 2021
Dechert partner Hector Gonzalez and Jessica Clarke, the top civil rights lawyer in the New York attorney general's office, are among the latest nominees.
By Avalon Zoppo | December 14, 2021
"In the wake of this assault, the Capitol was left in shambles, with the District left to deal with the aftermath of the violent disruption to what should have been the peaceful transition of presidential power," according to the lawsuit filed in federal court.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | December 13, 2021
U.S. District Judge Timothy Rice's award comes after a federal jury found in favor of plaintiff Alison Ray, who was terminated from AT&T at age 49 as part of a reduction in force.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Angela D. Giampolo | December 3, 2021
After four long years of incessant conservative, anti-human rights legislation and back pedaling by the prior administration, the Biden administration has had a lot of cleaning up to do, and is meeting intense resistance.
National Law Journal | News|Profile|Q&A
By Marcia Coyle | November 22, 2021
"There is no Justice Kennedy to save us this time around," said Kathryn Kolbert of the ACLU's reproductive rights project.
By ALM Staff | November 17, 2021
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | November 11, 2021
The Commonwealth Court, however, agreed with previous findings that a workers' compensation matter is not litigated under the same standard of proof as a criminal prosecution.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Angela D. Giampolo | November 5, 2021
There is virtually universal opposition from health and medical professionals on this harmful practice, yet only 20 states have some form of a ban on conversion therapy at all. The federal government has not enacted any nationwide ban on this practice of child endangerment.
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