Ten residents of Puerto Rico claim in court that the federal government is discriminating against U.S. citizens who reside in the island by providing them with fewer health care benefits than to those offered to residents in any of the 50 states.
Read moreBacking the EU-wide ban on the oral tobacco product snus, a magistrate with the European Court of Justice found Thursday scientific advancements over the years do not require any change.
Read moreA plea for transparency by the U.S. Department of Justice failed to sway a federal judge Tuesday to unseal records in a challenge to Harvard University’s affirmative action policies.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit on Tuesday tossed Chicagoans’ claims that the city’s distinction as the only district in Illinois without an elected school board is racially discriminatory.
Read moreGermany may bar the extradition of its citizens but it did not break the law in delivering an Italian to the United States for prosecution, the European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday.
Read moreA federal jury in Michigan awarded a former Ford engineer nearly $17 million based on his claims that supervisors harassed him because he is of Arab descent, according to reports.
Read moreSix cities, 18 attorneys general and a bipartisan group of U.S. mayors filed a federal complaint Tuesday to keep a question about citizenship status out of the 2020 census, as it has been on every survey since 1950.
Read moreA federal judge has paved the way for high-ranking women at Goldman Sachs to fight the bank on long-running gender-discrimination claims as a class.
Read moreA black female former employee of the Dallas Mavericks’ arena demanded Thursday the deposition of team owner Mark Cuban, claiming he knew of and tried to “sweep under the rug” an incident where a noose was displayed in the office.
Read moreLabor justice advocates representing dock works along the West Coast filed a discrimination complaint Thursday with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging workers have been systematically denied access to promotions due to gender-based discrimination by employers.
Read moreA federal judge who blocked the rollback of former President Barack Obama’s signature immigration program chided the government Thursday for what he described as a remarkable attempt to exclude consideration of President Donald Trump’s comments on the case.
Read moreMore than 20,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the University of Cincinnati to fire the head coach of the women’s volleyball team after a student-athlete filed a lawsuit accusing the coach of dropping her because of headshots she posted on Instagram.
Read moreThree transgender women and one man backed by the American Civil Liberties Union sued Ohio for refusing to let them change the gender on their birth certificates, claiming the policy exposes them to workplace discrimination and a risk of violence.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit was decidedly unfriendly Wednesday to claims that Chicago’s distinction as the only district in Illinois without an elected school board is racially discriminatory.
Read moreTaking aim at the targeted-advertising algorithms that put Facebook on top of modern-day marketing, several fair-housing advocates brought a federal complaint Tuesday over virtual redlining.
Read moreA federal judge ruled Thursday that Christian foster families may intervene in same-sex couples’ challenge of a Michigan policy allowing state-funded private adoption agencies to turn away gay and lesbian prospective parents for religious reasons.
Read moreA lawsuit against the head coach of the University of Cincinnati women’s volleyball team accuses her of body shaming a black athlete and dropping her from the team because of photos she posted on Instagram.
Read moreDemanding a do-over of a 1977 rape and murder trial, attorneys highlighted new evidence Monday showing that systemic race discrimination led to their black client’s conviction by an all-white jury.
Read moreFormer women’s hockey coach Shannon Miller was awarded nearly $3.75 million after suing the University of Minnesota Duluth for discrimination and retaliation.
Read moreEmployment discrimination cases involving gross negligence can result in an award of punitive damages under New York City’s anti-discrimination law, the Second Circuit confirmed Friday.
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