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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Sexual Harassment in the Classroom
Another newsworthy decision from the United States Supreme Court's 1999 term, although set in the school context, has broader implications for employers and institutions. In Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, No. 97-843 (May 24, 1999), the ...
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Stopped By the Police
Law enforcement officers serve and protect all our interest. For that, we should hold them in high regard. However, police are sometimes overzealous in doing their duty. So, what should you or your child do if a police officer stops you for a ...
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Summary Judgment Used Sparingly in Sexual Harassment Cases
, __ F.3d __, 1998 WL 119614 (2d Cir. March 19, 1998)An employee sued her former employer claiming sexual harassment and retaliation in violation of Title VII. The Second Circuit, reversing the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of ...
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Supreme Court Decisions Narrow Definition of Disability
Since its enactment in 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") has protected disabled individuals from discrimination in the workplace or in places of public accommodation. Although the statute protects only disabled individuals, it is not ...
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Supreme Court Rejects Automatic Bar to ADA Claim for Social Security Applicants
On May 24, 1999, a unanimous U. S. Supreme Court held that a worker who claimed to be "disabled and unable to work" in order to recover Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits was not barred from filing a discrimination claim under the ...
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Tenured Employees may Receive Voluntary Retirement
The President recently signed legislation that amends the ADEA to exempt tenured faculty from the provision of the ADEA prohibiting mandatory retirement plans. The Amendments will permit colleges and universities to offer voluntary retirement ...
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The ADA Has Teeth
The Seventh Circuit also recently reinstated a claim under the ADA by a prospective telemarketer with 18 missing teeth, who was discharged after three days of training because he "mumbled" on the phone. As Judge Easterbrook wrote, "unlike ...
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The Americans With Disabilities Act and Medical Plans
THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACTAND MEDICAL PLANSby Wayne Jacobsen O'Melveny & Myers Newport Beach, CaliforniaGlasser Legalworks and Fordham University School of Law ERISA Litigation Conference ©1998Originally Published in Course MaterialsBy ...
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The Fact And How It Affects FCRA And Employment Investigations (The Vail Letter)
On December 4, 2003, President Bush signed the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 ("FACT"). The final bill (H.R. 2622; H. Rept. 108-159) amends the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA") in response to, among other things, the ...
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The Neuropsychologist in Minor Brain Injury Cases
It was more than fifteen years ago that a local Massachusetts woman unable to obtain services for her daughter who had sustained a closed head injury in a motor vehicle accident founded what became the National Head Injury Foundation and has ...
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