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Nuevos lineamientos para la celebración de audiencias públicas ambientales en Colombia

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El pasado 19 de enero de 2022 fue publicada la Sentencia T-413 del 29 de noviembre de 2021 (la Sentencia) proferida por la Corte Constitucional de Colombia, el 19 de enero de 2022, con ponencia de la Magistrada Cristina...more

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EPA’s Climate Change and Social Vulnerability Report is of Little Value

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On September 2, 2021, EPA released a new report entitled Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States: A Focus on Six Impact Sectors. EPA characterizes the report as “one of the most advanced environmental...more

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On the Path to Health Justice: Opportunities for Academic Medicine to Accelerate the Equitable Health System of the Future

Introduction and Intent - As the country re-emerges from a pandemic that has had a disproportionate impact on communities of color, academic medical centers (AMCs) are shifting out of crisis-response mode and reflecting on...more

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State Strategies for Overcoming Barriers to Advance Health Equity

Editor’s Note: In a new issue brief for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health and Value Strategies program, summarized below, Manatt Health explores impediments and accelerants to advancing health equity as states...more

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COVID-19: K&L Gates Triage: COVID-19 and Social Determinants of Health -- A Closer Look at the Disparate Impact of COVID-19 on...

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In this episode, Mary Beth Johnston and Nora Becerra discuss recent COVID-19 federal data and the disparate impact of the disease on ethnic and racial minorities; they examine the data through the lens of social determinants...more

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EEOC Consent Decree Over Criminal History Background Checks Serves as a Reminder to Employers to Take a Fresh Look at Their...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: After six years of litigation, on November 18, 2019, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a multimillion-dollar settlement with a national employer, which resolved litigation that...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Allows Disparate-Impact Claims Under Fair Housing Act

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In a recent holding, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that discrimination claims under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) may be premised on "disparate impact," meaning that a plaintiff may challenge a practice even if it was not...more

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