Civil Rights
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Remington, the maker of the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle used in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review last month’s ruling by Connecticut’s highest court, which said victims’ parents could sue the gunmaker over how it marketed the weapon… Read this piece in its entirety at
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A California federal judge said Thursday that the First and Eighth amendments bar the government from stripping the Mongol Nation motorcycle club’s rights to its trademark-registered emblems as part of the group’s recent conviction under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday issued what critics have dubbed a “gag rule” barring health care providers from giving abortion referrals if they get funding from a federal program meant to boost low-income communities’ access to family planning services… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A group of Muslim immigrants who said they were placed on the no-fly list for refusing to work as government informants won a victory Thursday at the Second Circuit, when all but three judges agreed not to reconsider an appeal panel’s earlier decision to send the case back to district court… Read this piece in
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Yale University has facilitated fraternity-related sexual misconduct and has failed to provide a safe educational environment for women and non-binary individuals, violating state and federal anti-discrimination laws, a group of female students alleged Tuesday in a proposed class action in Connecticut federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 