by Press | Apr 21, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – In a historic bipartisan vote today, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Vanita Gupta to the role of associate attorney general, the third highest-ranking position in the U.S. Department of Justice. Gupta is now the first woman of color ever to...
by Press | Apr 21, 2021 | Press Releases
(Raleigh N.C.) – United States District Court Judge Catherine Eagles entered a consent order and judgment today designed to protect the First Amendment rights of peaceful protestors to protest in front of the Alamance County courthouse, lawyers for the plaintiffs have...
by Press | Apr 21, 2021 | Blog
Every April we celebrate National Fair Housing Month and the passage of the Fair Housing Act, a robust civil rights act enacted in 1968 that prohibits discrimination in the access of housing. On the surface, fair housing could simply mean accessibility to quality...
by Press | Apr 20, 2021 | Press Releases
(MINNEAPOLIS) – The Hennepin County District Court announced Tuesday that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted by a jury for the murder of George Floyd. The verdict comes nearly a year after the horrific incident, and amid a growing...
by Press | Apr 20, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published guidance to businesses Monday that states definitively that if a business uses a discriminatory algorithm to make automated decisions, they may be violating federal...
