Category Archive: Civil Rights

Mar 22

LIMIT ON ATTORNEY FEES BARRIER TO REPRESENTATION FOR PRISONERS

If New York attorney Harrison Williams was representing a typical client, his recent win should have netted him thousands of dollars in attorney’s fees. Some even estimate that he should have gotten around $75,000 for the successful civil rights case. However, Williams will only be seeing a minuscule fraction of that amount. An appeals court …

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Feb 15

DENVER CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY

DISCRIMINATION AND HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA, and the PDA protect employees from unlawful discrimination and harassment based on: Age Race, color or national origin Gender or pregnancy Religious affiliation Marital status Disability Employers with 15 or more employees (20 or more for age discrimination), employment agencies, unions, local, state and …

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Jan 28

SUPREME COURT ISSUES NEARLY UNANIMOUS DECISION ON TITLE VII RETALIATION

Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson Cty., No. 06-1595 (U.S. Supreme Court, Jan. 26, 2009) Case Summary: In response to questions from an official of respondent local government (Metro) during an internal investigation into rumors of sexual harassment by the Metro School District employee relations director (Hughes), petitioner Crawford, a 30-year employee, reported …

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Jan 14

DENVER CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER

FAQ’s About Civil Rights Q. What are Civil Rights? A. Civil Rights refer to a class of rights that concern protecting peoples’ constitutional rights and protecting people from discrimination based on their race, national origin, gender, religion, disability, age, or sexual orientation. Laws that deal with these protections are generally referred to as Civil Rights …

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