Civil Rights
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Federal prosecutors fired back on Tuesday against requests for sentencing accommodations in the “Varsity Blues” college admissions case related to the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the U.S. Bureau of Prisons is taking precautions against the spread of the new coronavirus… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Wisconsin federal judge on Friday slashed a jury’s $5.2 million award against Walmart to $300,000 in a U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission suit claiming the retail behemoth illegally pushed out a longtime employee with a disability who needed a job coach… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The New York Times on Monday dodged a suit by a U.S. Justice Department attorney, with a federal judge agreeing with the newspaper that its reporting on sexual harassment allegations against the DOJ lawyer was protected speech… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Fifth Circuit withdrew a previously published opinion, citing an apology by a mother whose attorney had been taken to task for filing an appeal allegedly laced with anti-gay prejudice in a case accusing a Mississippi school district of violating a student’s rights with a purportedly improper search… Read this piece in its entirety at
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An Eighth Circuit appeals panel ruled on Wednesday that Missouri had run afoul of the First Amendment by enforcing a law and related regulations that restrict certain types of advertisements for alcoholic beverages… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 