A chilling little bill is working its way through Congress. It could have the effect of ending the class action as an American institution. The legislation, the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act, passed the House last week.
Oppose H.R. 985 The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017 Advocacy Letter – 03/08/17 Source: The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Recipient: U.S. House of Representatives On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition of more than 200 national advocacy organizations charged by its diverse membership to promote and protect the rights of all …
Bruce Kaufman, Bloomberg BNA The House is poised to pass three bills this week championed by industry that may tilt the civil litigation process in favor of business in thousands of cases each year. Business groups are encouraged about the measures’ chances of eventual enactment. That’s because the House is not only taking up the far-reaching bills addressing class actions, asbestos cases and …
A Chattanooga attorney has filed a new civil lawsuit in the Woodmore Elementary school bus crash on November 21st that killed 6 children and injured dozens more. This is the 11th civil lawsuit filed in the case. One federal lawsuit has also been filed.
The Milwaukee Police Department will need to defend its controversial use of stop-and-frisk policies in light of a class-action lawsuit lodged by the American Civil Liberties Union, according to a report. The nonprofit is representing Charles Collins, 67, and numerous others in the Wisconsin city, with a class-action case accusing the police force led by Chief Edward Flynn of racially profiling …
Texas was sanctioned and its attorney general, Ken Paxton, reprimanded as deficient on Friday by a federal judge for ignoring court orders to hand over documents related to a lawsuit over the state’s voter registration practices, according to a published report. The Austin American-Statesman reported that U.S. District Court Judge Orlando Garcia of San Antonio has complained the …
A civil rights committee and two law firms filed a lawsuit Monday seeking voting rights for Black residents in North Carolina, reports USA Today. From USA Today: In a bid to create a better chance for black residents of rural areas to get elected to local office, a team of civil rights and private lawyers has filed what one prominent civil rights organization calls the first major voting rights …
A schoolbus travels down N.C. Highway 58 as it crosses into Trenton, N.C., Monday, March 1, 1999. (Photo: Jom Gardiner, Associated Press) 18387 CONNECTTWEET5 LINKEDIN37 COMMENTEMAILMORE In a bid to create a better chance for black residents of rural areas to get elected to local office, a team of civil rights and private lawyers has filed what one prominent civil rights organization calls the …
A journalist and a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Tuesday filed a lawsuit seeking information from nine federal agencies or departments on information they have about Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and a group that supports conservative judicial nominees. Sessions has been nominated by President Donald Trump to become the next U.S. Attorney General. The nomination …
The National Parks Service (NPS) said Thursday it would grant permits to organizations planning to protest President-elect Donald Trump’s swearing-in later this month in Washington, D.C., a win that comes after civil rights lawyers threatened to sue the agency. “We believe that this is a significant victory for free speech. They are doing this under threat of litigation,” Mara Verheyden- …