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.
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Civil Rights Articles
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The Americans With Disabilities Act and Education
The Americans With Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination in a wide variety of contexts including the workplace, businesses and places considered to be "public accommodations," and in schools. Since this is a federal law ...
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The Americans with Disabilities Act
Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which took effect July 26, 1992, prohibits private employers, state and local governments, employment agencies and labor unions from discriminating against qualified individuals with ...
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The ADA: Your Responsibilities as an Employer
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) makes it unlawful to discriminate in employment against a qualified individual with a disability. The ADA also outlaws discrimination against individuals with disabilities in State and local government services ...
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The ADA: Your Employment Rights as an Individual With a Disability
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) makes it unlawful to discriminate in employment against a qualified individual with a disability. The ADA also outlaws discrimination against individuals with disabilities in State and local government services ...
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The ADA: Questions and Answers About Public Accommodations
A public accommodation is a private entity that owns, operates, leases, or leases to, a place of public accommodation. Places of public accommodation include a wide range of entities ...
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The ADA: Questions and Answers About Employment
The employment provisions of Title I of the ADA apply to private employers, State and local governments, employment agencies, and labor unions. Employers with 25 or more employees were covered starting July 26, 1992, when Title I went into effect.
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The ADA: Miscellaneous Questions and Answers
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects Americans with disabilities against prejudice in many environments. The following article covers questions frequently asked regarding the scope and applicability of these laws.
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The ADA Does Not Protect Persons With Bipolar Disorder in the Fourth Circuit
After twenty one years of loyal work for Verizon, in 1999 Fran Darcangelo’s employer did what few other companies on the current corporate landscape today would dare do: they fired her. The reason so few companies would attempt to remove her today ...
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Student-on-Student Sexual Harassment
In a case of first impression in Illinois and an extremely significant case for school districts, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (the federal appeals court which covers Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin) ruled that a school district can be ...
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Student Assignment in Elementary and Secondary Schools and Title VI
The United States Congress has enacted civil rights laws that protect individuals from discrimination. An important civil rights law is Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VI provides ...
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