Civil Rights
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Four of five former California State University San Marcos basketball players can pursue state and federal civil rights claims that they suffered racial discrimination while on the team, a California state appeals court ruled Wednesday, partially overturning a lower court’s decision… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Tinder will shell out an estimated $17.3 million worth of subscription features and cash to settle claims the company overcharged dating app users based on their age, according to a proposed agreement filed Sunday in California federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Politicians can’t ban unfavorable constituents from social media pages and accounts used for official purposes, a Fourth Circuit panel ruled Monday, in a case that centers on issues similar to those at play in a dispute at the Second Circuit over President Donald Trump’s Twitter account… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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In the first days of the new year, the U.S. government has begun implementing a plan to deport hundreds of undocumented immigrant families back to Central America. And unsurprisingly, reports of apparent constitutional violations are already rolling in… Read this piece in its entirety at Alternet.
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Human Rights Watch released a report last week highlighting the apparently systemic failure of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to properly screen Central American migrants, particularly Hondurans, for “credible” or “reasonable” fear of returning to their countries of origin. According to data obtained from CBP via a Freedom of Information Act request, “the vast
Mike LaSusa 