FIVE YEARS OF #METOO – A half-decade into the #MeToo movement, the far-reaching effects in society continue to reverberate. But what about in law firms? Since the movement began, a younger generation of legal talent has pushed the legal industry to continue to improve protocols and ensure equality. But, as Law.com’s Patrick Smith, Jessie Yount and Jacob Polacheck report, … Read more
A federal judge has denied a transgender inmate’s motions to amend her complaint and strike portions of the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, saying her request for injunctive relief to obtain a single-occupancy cell was outside the scope of her initial complaint. Plaintiff Michelle Lynne Kosilek is a transgender woman serving a life sentence in the Massachusetts state prison … Read more
Judicial security has long been an area of concern. But the issue has been pushed into the spotlight due to several recent events, including, most recently, reports of threats against Judge Bruce Reinhart, who signed the search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. Source link
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has tossed out a lawsuit alleging pregnancy discrimination against a Walmart distribution center, ruling the center had shown a “legitimate, nondiscriminatory justification” for offering lighter duty to employees injured on the job, but not to pregnant workers, since the injured-worker policy was tied to the state … Read more
The U.S. Justice Department wants to retry a Florida nursing home operator who had his 20-year fraud sentence commuted by former President Donald Trump, setting up a novel legal clash over presidential clemency power. Philip Esformes operated a network of nursing homes in the Miami area and was convicted on 20 federal counts in a … Read more