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Supreme Court backs Nestle, Cargill in child slave labor suit

Today, in Nestle v. Doe, the Supreme Court ruled against six former child slaves who sued Nestle and Cargill, two major corporations, for...

Jun 16

Race, Drugs And Sentencing At the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that low-level crack cocaine offenders convicted more than a decade ago can’t take advantage...

Jun 7

A New Nevada Law Bans Racial Mascots In Schools And 'Sundown Sirens'

On Friday, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak met with members of the Nevada Indian Commission in Carson City as he signed legislation removing...

Jun 4

Oklahoma Lawsuit Seeks Reparations In Connection To 1921 Tulsa Massacre

On May 31, 1921, just over 100 years ago, a white mob of several thousand murdered up to 300 Black residents, and destroyed almost every...

Jun 3

ACLU Joins Lawsuit Over West Virginia Banning Trans Girls And Women From Sports

On Monday, the first day of LGBTQ Pride Month, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Florida Senate Bill 1028 — an education bill...

May 28

Mask Madness: Managing the CDC's New Guidelines for Vaccinated Individuals

As of this month, Oregon allows people to go maskless outside. The state also allows fully vaccinated people to forgo masks in most...

May 24

Broadway Reopening: Weight Discrimination and Freedom of Expression in the Arts

We are so excited for the reopening of theater—including Broadway! Broadway has announced that it will reopen in September 2021. Many...

May 20

Defining “Sincerely Held Religious Beliefs” That Might Excuse Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination

The law requires an employer or other covered entity to reasonably accommodate an employee’s sincerely held religious beliefs or...

May 19

Vaccine Mandates: Exemptions

We noted last week that vaccine mandates are generally legal. What exemptions exist? As a preliminary matter, whether a private employer...

May 13

The Legality of Vaccine Mandates

As the COVID-19 vaccine becomes more widely available, we are seeing employers, universities, and other organizations requiring...

May 11

Biden revives LGBT protections against healthcare discrimination

Gay and transgender people will be protected against sex discrimination in healthcare, the U.S. health secretary said yesterday, as...

May 10

Utah Supreme Court upholds rights of trans persons to change name and sex on state records

In a 4-1 decision announced on Thursday, Utah's Supreme Court expanded transgender rights in the state by siding with two trans...

Apr 26

U.S. Supreme Court ponders cheerleader's profanity in free speech flap

A Pennsylvania teenager whose profanity-laced outburst on social media got her banished from her high school's cheerleading squad is at...

Apr 22

How many years will Derek Chauvin be in prison after guilty verdict in Floyd's death?

On Tuesday Derek Chauvin was convicted on all charges: second-degree murder (maximum sentence of 40 years), third-degree murder (maximum...

Apr 21

Minneapolis jury convicts ex-policeman Derek Chauvin of murdering George Floyd

Today the jury found former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin guilty of all three counts he was facing — second-degree murder,...

Apr 19

Federal Disability Discrimination Law Does Not Require Websites Be Accessible, Appeals Court Holds

Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in the activities of places...

Apr 13

Are Covid-19 Vaccine Passports Legal?

“Vaccine passports,” or Digital Health Passes (DHPs), have been lauded by many business leaders as way to “get back to normal.” Polling...

Apr 12

What is the Senate filibuster, and what would it take to eliminate it?

The Senate tradition of unlimited debate has allowed for the use of the filibuster, a loosely defined term for action designed to prolong...

Apr 7

California prisons grapple with hundreds of transgender inmates requesting new housing

The California prison system has received 261 applications since January 1 from transgender, intersex, and non-binary inmates to transfer...

Apr 2

Attorney Rance Shaw featured in Oregon State Bar Bulletin

Congratulations to attorney Rance Shaw! Rance is featured in the Oregon State Bar Bulletin as he has been working diligently to keep up...

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