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The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 5, May 2024

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 6/3/2024

Welcome to summer and the fifth issue of The Academic Advisor for 2024 - In this issue, we examine the following topics of import for schools, institutions of higher education, and other education-focused organizations: ...more

Data privacy implications of ChatGPT

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 4/17/2023

By now, you have probably heard about OpenAI’s ChatGPT, an artificially intelligent chatbot, and similar chatbots that have launched in its wake. Since its launch, ChatGPT is estimated to have reached more than 100 million...more

U.S. will ban targeted health menace of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 5/6/2021

The Biden Administration will ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars with new regulations to be issued within the next year - actions that Big Tobacco is expected to battle but which proponents say could have big health...more

Connecticut High Court To Decide If Women-Only Workout Area Violates State Anti-Discrimination Law

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 4/23/2021

On May 7, 2021, the Connecticut Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case of Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities (CHRO) v. Edge Fitness, LLC, et al., SC 20538 (Conn.). The case presents an issue of first...more

Is Your Parental Leave Policy Discriminatory?

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 8/1/2017

Still think only moms are the primary caregivers for children? That ’50s era mindset is the subject of an ACLU charge of discrimination recently filed with the EEOC claiming that JPMorgan Chase’s parental leave policy...more

Supreme Court Remands Transgender Rights Case to Court of Appeals After Trump Administration Withdraws Obama Era Guidance

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/10/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: On March 6, 2017, the Supreme Court remanded a highly anticipated transgender rights case back to the Court of Appeals after the Trump Administration withdrew Obama era guidance regarding the rights of...more

ACLU Suing To Limit The Scope Of The Computer Fraud And Abuse Act And Promote Research Of Online Discrimination

King & Spalding on 7/12/2016

On June 29, 2016, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against Loretta Lynch in her official capacity as the United States Attorney General to challenge the constitutionality of a provision of the Computer Fraud...more

School Districts’ Obligations to Transgender Students Under Scrutiny as Another School District Settles With OCR (12/15)

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 12/8/2015

In October 2014, we reported on the increasing attention given by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to the issue of discrimination against transgender students in public schools. Over the past...more

Supreme Court Broadens Scope for Housing Discrimination Claims

Baker Donelson on 7/16/2015

Beneficial intent will not shield lenders and other financial services companies from discrimination claims under the Fair Housing Act (FHA), according to a recent decision by the United States Supreme Court. Specifically,...more

RLUIPA Round-Up

Robinson+Cole RLUIPA Defense on 7/13/2015

Religion Clause Blog reports that Indiana’s First Church of Cannabis is using the state’s recently enacted religious freedom law to protect its founder and two members from prosecution for possession of marijuana. The Church...more

Medical Marijuana Cards: A New Scarlet Letter? First-of-its-Kind Lawsuit in Rhode Island Claims that Employer Discriminated on...

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 1/7/2015

A Rhode Island graduate student has filed a lawsuit against a textile company, alleging that it discriminated against her because she used medical marijuana. The complaint, filed by the local ACLU chapter on behalf of...more

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