By Alex Anteau | October 2, 2023
"The deputies in this case made a conscious decision—they could either explain to [my client] why they needed him to get out of the car or they could scare the shit out of him. They chose to scare the shit out of him," plaintiff's counsel said.
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By Alexandra Olson | The Associated Press | October 2, 2023
In a statement Sunday, the Atlanta-based Fearless Fund said it would comply with the order but remained confident of ultimately prevailing in the lawsuit.
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By Marianna Wharry | October 2, 2023
"We are so thankful for this opportunity to protect trans youth, their families, and their medical providers from this baseless and dangerous law," said Malita Picasso, staff attorney for the ACLU's LGBTQ & HIV Project. "While this fight is not over, every day that transgender Montanans are able to access this care is a critical and life-saving victory. We will never stop opposing this ban and all others like it until every transgender person has the care and support they need to thrive."
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By Taifha Natalee Alexander | September 29, 2023
Lawyers have used rappers' lyrics as evidence in criminal cases since shortly after the rise of gangsta rap in the late 1980s.
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By Everett Catts | September 29, 2023
The Bondurant Mixson & Elmore and Caplan Cobb firms were among those honored at the ACLU of Georgia's 60th anniversary celebration Thursday, and attorney Mel Hewitt received the 2023 Georgia Crime Victim Services Collaborative and Innovative Project Award from the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) for his work with Marsy's Law for Georgia.
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By Marianna Wharry | September 28, 2023
"[T]he Supreme Court held that Washington's mandatory 'Three Strikes' law may be applied to childhood offenses, and that crimes committed by a child may count as automatic 'strikes' toward a life without parole sentence," Jan Trasen, of the Washington Appellate Project, said in statement. "This disregards evidence-based [Washington state] precedent that 'children are different' from adults, and that they must be sentenced differently. As the dissenting justices said, 'A juvenile charged and sentenced in adult court does not magically become an adult because of the venue in which the case is resolved. … Children are different and age matters.'"
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By ALM Staff | September 28, 2023
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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By Alexa E. Miller | September 28, 2023
The PWFA expands the pregnancy-related protections of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, which amended Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect employees from discrimination based on pregnancy or related conditions but does not impose an accommodation obligation.
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By Marianna Wharry | September 26, 2023
"Today's opinion is a victory for Mackenzie and for student survivors across the country," said Alexandra Brodsky, a staff attorney at Public Justice in Washington D.C., who argued the case before the en banc court. "Gender violence has grave effects on students' access to education. For that reason, the civil rights law Title IX requires schools to address known abuse. And as the Ninth Circuit explained today, a school's power to stop violence—and its responsibility to do so—doesn't stop at the campus boundary."
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By Sudhin Thanawala and Curlan Campbell | The Associated Press | September 26, 2023
The Fearless Fund is a tiny player in the approximately $200 billion global venture capital market, but Tuesday's ruling was a significant victory for the firm, which has become symbolic of the fight over corporate diversity policies.
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