by Devon Sullivan | Jun 24, 2015
Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church v. EEOC On August 9, 2011, the Lawyers Committee joined seven other civil rights organizations in filing a friend-of-the-court brief in the Supreme Court case of Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church v. EEOC, No....
by Devon Sullivan | Jun 24, 2015
Employment Project Filed Fourth Circuit Brief Supporting Verdict Against Government Contractor for Racial Animus in Contracting – Appeals Court Confirms Compensory Damages Award The Employment Discrimination Project filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Court...
by Devon Sullivan | Jun 24, 2015
In New Orleans, an estimated 4,500 students with disabilities are denied equal access to educational opportunities, routinely pushed out of school, and subject to discrimination on the basis of their disabilities. On October 26, 2010, the Lawyers’ Committee filed a...
by Devon Sullivan | Jun 24, 2015
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), which protects men and women who perform substantially equal work in the same...
by Devon Sullivan | Jun 24, 2015
In July 2009, the Lawyers’ Committee, together with Demos, Project Vote, and pro bono counsel (DLA Piper US and Freedman, Boyd, Hollander, Goldberg, Ives, & Duncan) filed suit in federal court to remedy the failure of New Mexico state officials to provide...
