by Press | Dec 15, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The Washington, D.C. Council unanimously passed legislation today that will strengthen the District’s Human Rights Act by extending its public accommodations protections to online platforms. This will prohibit online service providers, such...
by Press | Nov 30, 2020 | Press Releases
A host of Civil Rights Era veterans, legal scholars and Reconstruction Era historians have filed amicus briefs in Black Lives Matter D.C. v. Trump, in support for holding government officials and law-enforcement accountable for their attack on nonviolent racial...
by Press | Nov 20, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and co-counsel filed an opposition motion to dismiss last night in Black Lives Matter D.C. v. Trump, after several defendants filed motions to dismiss the case. The case seeks to hold...
by Press | Oct 28, 2020 | Press Releases
(NEW YORK) – Two U.S. citizens who made robocalls to purposefully disenfranchise Black voters are now prohibited from sending any more robocalls, text messages, or similar forms of mass communication before the Election Day, and must notify all recipients of the first...
by Press | Oct 26, 2020 | Press Releases
(New York) – Defendants in a voter intimidation lawsuit admitted to creating and sending robocalls to 85,000 people that inspired fear about voting by mail during a hearing this morning, but attempted to argue their actions were not illegal. When asked by the judge...
