Civil Rights
This is FindLaw’s collection of Civil Rights articles, part of the Litigation and Disputes section of the Corporate Counsel Center. A civil right is an enforceable right or privilege, which if interfered with by another gives rise to an action for injury. Examples of civil rights are freedom of speech, press, and assembly, the right to vote, freedom from involuntary servitude, and the right to equality in public places. Corporations have been gaining more civil rights in the courts throughout the years. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.
Civil Litigation
Civil Rights Articles
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Combating Abuse Of The Declaratory Judgment Action By Insurers
It has become fashionable in recent years for insurers to sue their own insureds in a declaratory judgment action seeking to avoid coverage under a policy of liability insurance or to support the insurer's denial of a first party claim by the ...
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Commonly Asked Questions About Child Care and the ADA
U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Disability Rights Section October 1997 Reproduction of this article is encouraged. Yes. Privately-run child care centers -- like other public accommodations such as private schools, recreation ...
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Commonly Asked Questions About Child Care Centers and The Americans With Disabilities Act
U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Disability Rights Section October 1997 Reproduction of this article is encouraged. Yes. Privately-run child care centers -- like other public accommodations such as private schools, recreation ...
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Condemnation
"Condemnation" or "Eminent Domain" refers to the taking of private property for a public purpose by a governmental agency. (As an example: the State wants tot take your property to put in a roadway or widen an existing road.) This is a right of ...
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Court Finds No Implied Private Right of Action Under Section 10(a) Against Short Sellers of Securities
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently declined to recognize an implied private right of action against short sellers of securities under Section 10(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("1934 Act ...
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Court Rules On Same Sex Domestic Partner Benefits and Sexual Orientation Discrimination
The policies provided by OHSU in Tanner provided benefits only to married couples and disallowed benefits to same sex domestic partners. The Court applied the "privileges and immunities" clause of the Oregon Constitution and found that the ...
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Dietary Supplements and Their Natural Dangers: Things to Know
The Law Offices of Christopher E. Grell is one of only a handful of law firms in the United States who represents individuals who have been harmed by herbal products, also sold as dietary supplements, nutritional products and/or nutriceuticals. Mr ...
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Difficulty with the Boss is not a Disability
Sherrylen Weller sued her employer, Household Finance Corporation ("HFC"), under the American with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), alleging that she was disabled because job stress caused her to develop temporal mandibular joint disorder ("TMJ"). Weiler ...
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Dignity
We diminish people when an incident or incidents of victimization are seen as the defining events of their lives. This happens because of our attitudes toward victims and the resulting fault it imposes on them for their own victimization. My work ...
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Disability Law Clarified
Three Denver police officers injured in the line of duty. While recuperating from their injuries, they were assigned and were successfully performed various limited-duty or light duty work within the Denver Police Department. It was ultimately ...
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