by Press | Dec 2, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON — Today, in partnership with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA)and Representatives Yvette Clarke, Summer Lee, Ayanna Pressley, and Pramila Jayapal introduced the AI Civil Rights Act to establish a regulatory system...
by Press | Nov 21, 2025 | Press Releases
Contact: press@lawyerscommittee.org The State of Texas filed a request for the U.S. Supreme Court to issue a stay that would pause an important federal court ruling that blocked the state’s racially gerrymandered congressional map from going into effect. The lower...
by Press | Mar 12, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Damon Hewitt, the president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued this statement in response to the news that the Department of Education will cut its staff by nearly fifty percent: ...
by Press | Feb 11, 2025 | Press Releases
Lawsuit Alleges Meta Disproportionately Steers Ads for For-Profit Colleges and Universities to Black Facebook and Instagram Users in Violation of the D.C. Human Rights Act WASHINGTON, DC – Today a nonprofit advocacy organization, represented by a team of civil rights...
by Press | Feb 7, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Earlier this week, a judge granted Metropolitan AME Church the rights to the Proud Boys trademark, a key step in enforcing a $2.8 million judgment against the extremist group. The underlying judgment was won in a lawsuit filed by the Lawyers’...
