A Tennessee school district that refused to allow a student to wear a T-shirt with a gay-supportive slogan has revised its dress code, settling a lawsuit brought by the state affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union. The Giles County Board of Education changed the dress code for reasons unrelated to the suit, but it does address the concerns of the ACLU’s client, Rebecca Young, therefore …
A federal appeals court has dealt the latest blow to a lawsuit alleging law school students were defrauded with misleading employment statistics. The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a lower-court’s ruling that Widener University School of Law graduates don’t have enough in common to sue the school through a class action.
Conservation groups announced plans Monday to sue the Environmental Protection Agency. They say the agency isn’t doing enough to protect salmon from high water temperatures on the Columbia and Snake rivers. Warm water can be deadly for salmon.
The family of a nine-year-old Pasco School District special needs student is filing a federal lawsuit against the Pasco School District (PSD) after they say a PSD teacher allegedly abused the student. The family filed a complaint Monday saying Ratree Albers, special education teacher at Robert Frost Elementary in February of 2014 abused students in her care, according …
A couple whose two young sons were taken away by the state for several months in 2000 over a doctor’s disputed abuse opinion lost a bid on Monday to reinstate a lawsuit against the state child welfare agency. The state Appellate Court rejected an appeal by former Newtown residents Michele and Craig …
A Contra Costa Superior Court judge has upheld a ruling that allows a lawsuit against developers and the city of Lafayette to move forward. Judge Judith S. Craddick affirmed Aug. 9 a tentative ruling rejecting the city and developer O’Brien Land Company’s request that the lawsuit filed by the San Francisco Bay Area Renters’ Federation not move forward. The city and developer filed …
A national anti-gambling group may sue to try to reverse a new law legalizing daily fantasy sports contests in New York State. “We believe in improving the lives of New Yorkers, and part of that mission is to repeal the state’s predatory gambling policies, and litigation is part of that effort,” said Les Bernal, national director of the Washington, D.C.–based Stop Predatory Gambling. …
A southwestern Michigan man and a civil rights group are suing a theater company, saying it does not provide captions at a Benton Harbor venue. Graham Forsey of St. Joseph and the National Association of the Deaf say the discrimination suit was filed Monday against Loeks Theater, Inc. They say that without captions, deaf and hard of hearing patrons can’t understand …
The official oral surgeon of the Charlotte Hornets and Charlotte Checkers has been named in a lawsuit filed by two former employees.
Today the District Court will hear oral arguments in a lawsuit by the Animal Legal Defense Fund—the nation’s leading legal advocacy organization for animals, concerned consumers, and a coalition of animal …