Posts Tagged ‘lawsuit’
Henrietta Lacks Estate Sues Company Using Her ‘Stolen’ Cells
The estate is accusing a biotechnology firm of selling cells taken from her in 1951 without her knowledge or consent.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Minneapolis to pay George Floyd’s family $27m in police custody death lawsuit
City agrees to settle civil lawsuit with George Floyd’s family during jury selection for trial of Derek Chauvin, former police officer charged with murder.
Read More‘Another form of redlining’: Milwaukee among cities named in lawsuit against Redfin, real estate firm
A popular online real estate brokerage service has engaged in racially discriminatory practices akin to modern-day redlining in Milwaukee and other cities across the country, according to a new federal lawsuit.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – Workers at major chains are taking legal action in fight over employees’ right to wear BLM masks
Companies typically have latitude to determine dress codes, enforcing bans on Black Lives Matter gear can make corporate statements against racism look “insincere and performative.”
Read MoreByron Allen on the 400th Anniversary Of Slavery In America
Reconstruction law meant to protect civil rights of black businesses is being challenged by Trump DOJ in the Supreme Court.
Read MoreLongest-running housing discrimination case outlives judge
In 1968 Sarah Garrett filed a suit against the city of Hamtramck, Michigan, for racial discrimination in housing. The suit may finally be resolved this year after 50 years. Damon Keith, the judge in the “black removal case” did not live to see his decision completed. He died this week.
Read MoreVideo Shows Chicago Cop Shooting Unarmed Black Teen With A Disability
A civilian oversight agency has released a series of videos from 2017 that show an off-duty Chicago police officer shooting and wounding an unarmed black teen, Ricardo Hayes, who has an intellectual disability.
Read MoreBetsy DeVos and the Department of Education Get Sued for Abandoning Discrimination Complaints
Betsy DeVos abandons discrimination complaints from the Dept. of Education. NAACP sues as a result.(See link to their complaint in this article.)
Read MoreSuit Alleges ‘Scheme’ in Criminal Costs Borne by New Orleans’s Poor
A lawsuit filed against New Orleans criminal district court alleges that it runs a “scheme” in which the poor are jailed if they fall behind paying fines. “The extent to which every actor in the local New Orleans legal system depends on this money for their own survival is shocking,” said Alec Karakatsanis, a founder of Equal Justice Under Law, a civil rights group, and one of the lawyers who filed the suit….
Read MoreJestina Clayton Wins Battle Against Utah Over Hair Braiding
One woman wins her case against the state of Utah and will be able to continue supplementing her income by braiding hair without a license.
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