Despite an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit to the tune of $9.5 million dollars, Facebook continues to find itself the subject of legal action resulting from the company’s controversial Beacon advertising program.
Four businesses in Austin are among a series of defendants in civil rights lawsuits criticizing their lack of adequate wheelchair access. The lawsuits, which are being filed throughout the state by the Texas Civil Rights Project, aim to improve access to businesses for the disabled.
A sheriff's deputy in Jefferson County, Illinois is accused of violating the civil rights of four teens while responding to an incident at a local youth shelter. He allegedly tazed, choked, and threatened to sodomize members of the group.
A federal lawsuit filed this week by seven current and former officers of the Hackensack Police Department accuses the Hackensack police chief of improperly politicizing department affairs, including punishing officers who did not support candidates for office favored by the chief.
Essex County, New Jersey faces a discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice in the wake of allegations that it failed to adequately provide for the religious needs of an employee and wrongfully terminated her for wearing a religiously mandated khimar, or headscarf.
John C. Yoo, the one-time Bush Administration lawyer who penned legal opinions justifying controversial interrogation techniques such as waterboarding, will face a civil rights suit filed by a detainee after a judge rejected most of his claims of immunity.
A lawsuit criticizing the state of Michigan's criminal public defense system as discriminatory has been allowed to proceed. If it is successful, the case could have an important influence on state budgetary policy. An attorney from the ACLU is co-counsel on the case.
Former Bush Administration Solicitor General Ted Olson is partnering with one-time Bush v. Gore opponent David Boles to bring an equal protection lawsuit in federal court challenging the constitutionality of gay marriage bans. Olson and Boles filed the suit recently in San Francisco.
Paradise, California resident Harold Funk has filed a federal lawsuit against the police department and town of Paradise, alleging police brutality and wrongful detention. He seeks $1.5 million for injuries allegedly sustained during the incident.
A family of landlords renting to low-income tenants who participate in the Section 8 housing subsidy program filed suit against the City of Antioch, California and its police department over a series of forced evictions that allegedly violated civil rights laws.
KeyPoint Credit Union, a Los Angeles-area banking company, faces a class action civil rights lawsuit filed by the Disability Rights Advocates organization. The suit alleges systematic civil rights violations because the company has failed to make its phone services available to the hearing impaired.
Robert Tolan, the 23-year-old son of professional baseball player Bobby Tolan, has sued the city of Bellaire, Texas, its police department, and the police officer who shot him early on January 1st in his family's driveway. Tolan's suit alleges racial profiling and civil rights violations.
A man arrested for trying to leave the stands during the playing of "God Bless America" at Yankee Stadium, violating the stadium's policy, has sued for damages. The Yankees' policy requires fans to remain in their seats during the song.
The ACLU filed a civil rights suit against the Moreno Valley Police Department this week after police officers and health inspectors raided five barbershops owned by African-Americans and allegedly performed warrantless searches under the pretext of health inspections.
After serving 14 years for a murder he did not commit, a recently freed former New Yorker settled with the state and city for a total of $2.6 million in a civil rights case. He was cleared of wrongdoing in 2005 after an exhaustive investigation.
The police department of the City of Hawthorne in Los Angeles County recently settled for $1 million with a married couple who were allegedly the victims of systematic police misconduct and what has been described as an attempted cover-up.
A Philadelphia woman claims a police officer sexually assaulted her during a 2007 drug raid under the guise of searching her for weapons. She is seeking $600,000 from the officer and eight others who participated in the raid.
After pleading guilty to fraud, two judges in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania face litigation alleging civil rights violations. The judges accepted millions of dollars in kickbacks in exchange for allegedly improperly sending juvenile offenders to privately run detention centers.
The Los Angeles City Council approved a $12.85 million settlement in a case stemming from alleged police brutality during a pro-immigration rally that took place on May 1, 2007 at MacArthur Park. It is the largest payout ever in a demonstration-related lawsuit.
The Supreme Court will hear a civil rights lawsuit over a school official’s decision to strip-search a student thought to be in possession of drugs. No drugs were found, and lower courts ruled in favor of the student.
On Wednesday night in Oakland, protests turned riotous as residents demonstrated against a police officer’s fatal shooting of a BART passenger on New Year’s Day. According to The Mercury News, police arrested at least 105 individuals who participated in the riots.
Around 2 a.m. on New Year’s Day, a BART police officer fatally shot a passenger, 22-year-old Oscar Grant. Authorities are investigating the shooting as an act of unnecessary force.
A pair of TSA agents and the airline JetBlue Airways will pay a total of $240,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit with an Iraqi man. The man claimed he was prevented from boarding his flight until he covered up his T-shirt, which read, "We Will Not Be Silent," in both English and Arabic.
Indiana Judge Rules That State Can See Planned Parenthood Records on Patients Under 14.
Denver's Strict Ban on Pit Bulls Has Owners in a Panic, Even Smuggling Them Out of State.
Bush's First Supreme Court Nominee Faces Questioning on Host of Contentious Issues
Federal Appeals Court Rejects Convicted Spy Jonathan Pollard's Effort to Reduce Life Sentence
Prosecutor Wants Accountability for Leaked Documents in Cleveland Investigation; Hearing Set
Federal Prosecutor in Mississippi Renews Investigation of Long-Ago Civil Rights Killings
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