Race, Drugs And Sentencing At the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that low-level crack cocaine offenders convicted more than a decade ago can’t take advantage...
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Jun 7, 2021
A New Nevada Law Bans Racial Mascots In Schools And 'Sundown Sirens'
On Friday, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak met with members of the Nevada Indian Commission in Carson City as he signed legislation removing...
Jun 4, 2021
Oklahoma Lawsuit Seeks Reparations In Connection To 1921 Tulsa Massacre
On May 31, 1921, just over 100 years ago, a white mob of several thousand murdered up to 300 Black residents, and destroyed almost every...
Jun 3, 2021
ACLU Joins Lawsuit Over West Virginia Banning Trans Girls And Women From Sports
On Monday, the first day of LGBTQ Pride Month, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Florida Senate Bill 1028 — an education bill...
May 28, 2021
Mask Madness: Managing the CDC's New Guidelines for Vaccinated Individuals
As of this month, Oregon allows people to go maskless outside. The state also allows fully vaccinated people to forgo masks in most...
May 24, 2021
Broadway Reopening: Weight Discrimination and Freedom of Expression in the Arts
We are so excited for the reopening of theater—including Broadway! Broadway has announced that it will reopen in September 2021. Many...
May 20, 2021
Defining “Sincerely Held Religious Beliefs” That Might Excuse Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination
The law requires an employer or other covered entity to reasonably accommodate an employee’s sincerely held religious beliefs or...
May 19, 2021
Vaccine Mandates: Exemptions
We noted last week that vaccine mandates are generally legal. What exemptions exist? As a preliminary matter, whether a private employer...
May 13, 2021
The Legality of Vaccine Mandates
As the COVID-19 vaccine becomes more widely available, we are seeing employers, universities, and other organizations requiring...
May 11, 2021
Biden revives LGBT protections against healthcare discrimination
Gay and transgender people will be protected against sex discrimination in healthcare, the U.S. health secretary said yesterday, as...
May 10, 2021
Utah Supreme Court upholds rights of trans persons to change name and sex on state records
In a 4-1 decision announced on Thursday, Utah's Supreme Court expanded transgender rights in the state by siding with two trans...
Apr 26, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court ponders cheerleader's profanity in free speech flap
A Pennsylvania teenager whose profanity-laced outburst on social media got her banished from her high school's cheerleading squad is at...
Apr 22, 2021
How many years will Derek Chauvin be in prison after guilty verdict in Floyd's death?
On Tuesday Derek Chauvin was convicted on all charges: second-degree murder (maximum sentence of 40 years), third-degree murder (maximum...
Apr 20, 2021
Minneapolis jury convicts ex-policeman Derek Chauvin of murdering George Floyd
Today the jury found former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin guilty of all three counts he was facing — second-degree murder,...
Apr 19, 2021
Federal Disability Discrimination Law Does Not Require Websites Be Accessible, Appeals Court Holds
Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in the activities of places...
Apr 13, 2021
Are Covid-19 Vaccine Passports Legal?
“Vaccine passports,” or Digital Health Passes (DHPs), have been lauded by many business leaders as way to “get back to normal.” Polling...
Apr 12, 2021
What is the Senate filibuster, and what would it take to eliminate it?
The Senate tradition of unlimited debate has allowed for the use of the filibuster, a loosely defined term for action designed to prolong...
Apr 7, 2021
California prisons grapple with hundreds of transgender inmates requesting new housing
The California prison system has received 261 applications since January 1 from transgender, intersex, and non-binary inmates to transfer...
Apr 2, 2021
Attorney Rance Shaw featured in Oregon State Bar Bulletin
Congratulations to attorney Rance Shaw! Rance is featured in the Oregon State Bar Bulletin as he has been working diligently to keep up...
Mar 31, 2021
Biden issues first presidential proclamation on Trans Day of Visibility
Today we honor International Transgender Day of Visibility. Held annually on March 31, International Transgender Day of Visibility is a...
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