Landlords can be held liable under the Fair Housing Act if they fail to reasonably address tenant-on-tenant race discrimination in their buildings, the Second Circuit ruled Friday, reaffirming a decision it made and withdrew earlier this year.
Read moreResponding to a 2013 Supreme Court decision, the House of Representatives on Friday updated the law that mandates oversight of certain states with records of discriminatory voting laws.
Read moreA Pentecostal woman sued The Western Sugar Cooperative in federal court, claiming it refused to hire her because she refuses to wear pants, due to her religious beliefs.
Read moreT-Mobile Park, home to the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team, complies with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, a federal court in Washington ruled. A group of wheelchair users claimed there were inadequate sightlines in the stadium and improperly distributed accessible seats.
Read moreThe United States sued Hesperia, Calif., San Bernardino County and its Sheriff’s Department in federal court, claiming its rental property/eviction ordinance was enacted to drive black and Latino renters away and discourage them from moving in.
Read moreThe former director of a bilingual program claims Pillar College, an evangelical college in New Jersey, fired him because he is getting divorced, in Essex County Court.
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The election fight in the United Kingdom is getting a lot nastier after a chief rabbi entered the fray and accused the main opposition leader, left-wing and pro-Palestine Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, of anti-Semitism and allowing a “new poison” to take root in his party.
Read moreA Latino man’s claims relating to his detention by Customs and Border Protection officers at a bus station may continue, a federal court in Washington ruled. The government may be liable under the state’s anti-discrimination law because the acts of the officers caused the man to be “treated as not welcome, accepted, desired, or solicited” based on his race.
Read moreA federal judge approved a $5 million class settlement, with $50,000 in expenses, to JPMorgan Chase Bank employees who complained that the bank gives new fathers only up to two weeks of paid parental leave, but 16 weeks to mothers.
Read moreA federal judge advanced claims from a private Christian school that its religious affiliation got it booted from a state-funded voucher program.
Read moreA lawyer for a black media mogul shut out by Comcast pushed the Supreme Court on Wednesday to advance their racial-discrimination claims.
Read moreThe Port Arthur Community Action Network et al. sued the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, et al. in federal court, claiming they discriminated against poor, minority renters by letting only property owners apply for $5.6 billion in HUD recovery money after Hurricane Harvey.
Read moreIn a big win for Ukraine, the United Nations’ highest court ruled Friday that it has jurisdiction to hear Kiev’s claims that Russia illegally financed separatist groups in eastern Ukraine.
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An attorney representing black customers who say they were asked to change tables at a Chicago-area Buffalo Wild Wings because of their skin color urged the restaurant chain Tuesday to make wholesale changes to avoid a discrimination lawsuit.
Read moreEurope’s highest court cracked the whip on Poland’s ruling populists Tuesday, overruling the government’s attempt to force women out of the judiciary sooner than their male counterparts.
Read moreA Dutch university and an anti-discrimination organization faced off Monday before the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights over a women-only hiring policy.
Read moreA federal class action accuses Facebook of age and sex discrimination, by excluding older female users of the social media site from receiving online ads for financial services.
Read moreReversing dismissal, a California appeals court ruled that a longtime former city employee can sue San Francisco in a class action involving disability retirement and age discrimination.
Read moreA nonprofit news organization blocked from running bus ads on racial disparities in mortgage lending urged the Third Circuit on Wednesday to rule against a transit authority’s advertising policy.
Read moreDemocrats sent a bill to the House floor Wednesday aimed at resurrecting provisions of the Voting Rights Act struck down by the Supreme Court in 2013 that were meant to protect against racial discrimination at the polls.
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