The Justice Department has settled a lawsuit alleging the Biden administration coerced Twitter to suppress an American citizen's speech, a move that implements President Trump's executive order on free speech.
A Brooklyn man pleaded guilty to damaging religious property by repeatedly crashing his vehicle into the entrance of the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters, a globally significant Jewish religious institution.
The 6th Circuit affirmed summary judgment for a school district that denied a blind and deaf teacher’s request for paid sick leave to train with a guide dog, ruling the employer had discretion to choose unpaid leave as a reasonable accommodation under the...
A federal judge in Kansas has allowed a former property manager’s sex discrimination and housing discrimination claims to proceed against her employer, rejecting arguments that her allegations were too vague or conclusory to survive a motion to dismiss.
SEATTLE (LN) — A federal judge dismissed with prejudice a Section 1983 lawsuit brought by six former Redmond firefighters who were fired after refusing to comply with the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, ruling that the officials were entitled to qualified...
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Ligas consent decree prohibits Illinois from using state-operated developmental centers for interim crisis placements of class members with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Walmart will pay $0.23 million and provide injunctive relief to settle a disability hiring discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced Wednesday.
A Northern District of California judge ruled that an Iranian asylee’s discrimination claims against JPMorgan Chase must proceed in arbitration, but severed the bank’s waiver of public injunctive relief, allowing that specific claim to remain in federal court.
A federal judge in Kansas allowed a woman’s excessive force lawsuit to proceed against a sheriff’s deputy, ruling that her complaint plausibly alleged the deputy used unreasonable force against a nonviolent misdemeanant who posed no threat.
A federal judge in Washington denied the D.C. Housing Authority’s motion to dismiss a civil rights suit filed by former Special Police Officer Tyreem Fosque, allowing his claims of sexual orientation discrimination and retaliation to proceed.
Daniel Harawa argues the federal government’s request to ban race from Fourth Amendment seizure analysis contradicts its own prior positions and Supreme Court precedent.
A federal judge in Manhattan granted summary judgment to The Churchill School and Center, ruling that the school provided a legitimate, non-discriminatory reason for firing a 63-year-old gay art teacher who opened a girls’ bathroom door with his leg...
A federal judge in San Diego allowed key civil rights claims to proceed against a police sergeant and the city, ruling that the plaintiff adequately alleged excessive force, retaliation, and evidence fabrication.
The EEOC charged a construction services company with violating federal law by allowing anti-American slurs and harassment of U.S. workers at a New Mexico jobsite and retaliating against an employee who complained.
The Sixth Circuit held that Kentucky’s judicial conduct rules prohibiting candidates from identifying as party nominees or using certain partisan endorsements violate the First Amendment as applied to two former candidates, but reversed a lower court’s...
A federal magistrate judge in Colorado stayed discovery and individual claims in a civil rights class action alleging jail commander Edward Aber viewed inmate strip-search videos for sexual gratification, ruling that the stay protects Aber’s Fifth Amendment...
U.S. District Judge Susan J. Dlott ordered plaintiff’s attorney Justin Whittaker to pay attorney fees and court reporter costs after he failed to appear for Brendon Taylor’s deposition, and directed that Taylor’s wife answer questions about how she retained...
A federal judge in Oregon denied summary judgment to two Springfield police officers, ruling that genuine disputes of material fact exist regarding whether handcuffing a suspect during a Terry stop for the purpose of identification violated the Fourth...
A federal judge has approved a $5 million settlement for the three young sons of a Modesto man killed by police, finding the structured payouts and attorney fees fair.
A federal judge has allowed a disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against a Chicago school district to proceed to trial, rejecting the district's claim that it provided adequate accommodations for a student with severe medical conditions.