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Same-Sex Marriage › Department of Justice (DOJ)

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Same-sex marriage refers to marriage between two individuals of the same sex. Historically, such marriages have not been legally recognized. However, there has been a growing trend to expand marriage rights to same-sex couples. The United States Supreme Court addressed aspects of this issue in Windsor v. United States and Hollingsworth v. Perry. less -

Podcast: SCOTUS: Looking Back and Looking Forward

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 11/30/2018

In this episode, Akin Gump Supreme Court and appellate practice co-head Pratik Shah discusses the big cases from the preceding U.S. Supreme Court Term and looks ahead at interesting cases in the new Term. Among the topics...more

The Ongoing Battle Between LGBTQ+ Rights And Claims Of Religious Liberty

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/12/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Department of Justice has reversed the previous Administration’s position on employment protections for transgender individuals, and issued a memorandum that will likely be relied on by private...more

New Developments in Protections for LGBT Workers

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 7/27/2015

It’s been a busy few weeks for developments in the area of LGBT rights since the Supreme Court’s decision in King v. Burwell , 576 U.S. ___ (2015)....more

RLUIPA Round Up – Independence Day Special Edition!

Robinson+Cole RLUIPA Defense on 7/3/2015

Independence Day—no better time to reflect on the numerous (enumerated and unenumerated) rights protected by our United States Constitution. Thanks to Obergefell v. Hodges, those rights are now more clearly focused. However,...more

DOL to Enforce Same-Sex Spouses FMLA Regulation In All But Four States

Weintraub Tobin on 4/16/2015

In our previous post, Same-Sex Marriage Partners Now Covered by FMLA, we reported on the final FMLA rule that expanded the definition of “spouse” under the FMLA to include employees in legal same-sex marriages. ...more

New FMLA Regulations Will Affect Texas Employers

Cozen O'Connor on 3/11/2015

Texas does not recognize same sex marriage, so the natural thought would be to deny a request for an employee to take FMLA leave to care for his or her same sex “spouse” from a marriage in another state. ...more

DOMA, One Year After Marriage Ruling

Nossaman LLP on 6/27/2014

It hardly seems like it's been an entire year since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a huge portion of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which precluded the federal government from recognizing the legally valid...more

Immigration Alert: October 2013

Epstein Becker & Green on 10/30/2013

I. USCIS Instructs on Immigration Benefits for Same-Sex Spouses - On June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States ("SCOTUS") held that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act ("DOMA") was unconstitutional....more

Departing from Prior Practice, DOJ Declines to Defend Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act

Proskauer Rose LLP on 3/8/2011

On February 23, 2011, the Department of Justice (DOJ), at the direction of President Obama, announced that it will no longer defend the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), including in two...more

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