Human Rights & Civil Liberties Law

Fueled in part by an increase in age and disability discrimination claims, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received a record-high 99,947 charges of employment discrimination in fiscal 2011, the agency announced this week....

By IsraelNationalNews.com & Ha'aretz The owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times resigned Monday and put his paper up for sale after he speculated in print (utilizing his First Amendment Freedom of...

You probably never imagined that you would ever see the terms "Bigfoot" and "First Amendment" in the same sentence, but somehow a staged appearance by the hairy beast at a famed New Hampshire...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose...

* FINANCE Newport Beach-based distressed-debt specialist Sabal Financial Group LP acquired a $204 million loan portfolio from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The bundle is part of a larger portfolio sale of more...

CLIFTON, N.J., Jan. 16, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- FastUpFront plans to make waves with its newest infographic: 2012 Presidential Candidates for Small Businesses. The infographic details the positions of the top 2012 presidential...

A state could not be sued for damages under the Americans with Disabilities Act by a doctor who claimed that his medical license had been wrongly revoked, the 10th Circuit has ruled in...

Patients will soon be able to view their medical records online, if the NHS Future Forum's recent suggestion is adopted by the government. You may feel this is a step forward for openness...

LAS VEGAS -- Major product launches from more than 3,100 exhibitors and keynotes from the leaders of Qualcomm, Mercedes and Intel launched the 2012 International CES on Tuesday. Owned and produced by the...

Webinar Series to Provide Information on How Companies Can Turbo-Charge Applications and Significantly Improve Database Performance With SSD Storage NEWTON, Mass. -- Kaminario, a leading provider of high performance all solid-state Flash and...

IRVINE, Calif. -- UC Irvine School of Law has received a $1.5 million gift to establish an endowed chair in First Amendment Law. The gift for the proposed chair is from Raymond Pryke,...

In the Kaminario Blog, The I/O Storm, CEO and Founder Dani Golan Looks at the Trends That Are Driving the Transition to SSD Storage in the Enterprise NEWTON, Mass. -- Kaminario, a leading...

LAS VEGAS -- VoiceBox([R]) Technologies Inc., the award winning innovator of Personal Assistant Voice technology today announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) U.S.A., Inc. to...

Solution Cited by Consumers as a Reason to Purchase a Car LAS VEGAS -- VoiceBox([R]) Technologies Inc., the award winning innovator of Personal Assistant Voice technology today announced that independent research recently conducted...

NEW YORK -- News Corporation today announced the appointment of Gerson Zweifach, 58, a partner at Williams & Connolly LLP, to Group General Counsel effective February 1, 2012. Mr. Zweifach will become a...

Says Plan to Buy Nook E-readers Discriminates Against Blind Students BALTIMORE -- TheNational Federation of the Blind (NFB), the nation's leading advocate for access to technology by the blind, announced today that it...

Arrivals strengthen firm's labor and employment capabilities CHICAGO -- The Chicago law firm of Arnstein & Lehr LLP announced today that it has opened a Milwaukee office with the addition of partner Charles...

Watch and Learn: Deaf and Hard of Hearing See a Brighter Future through Video LIVONIA, Mich. -- Career training reaches new heights as MedCerts, a Michigan-based proprietary school, introduces the first "watch and...

PETALUMA, Calif. -- The following is a statement by the American Small Business League: President Obama has extended a 21-year-old defense program that allows large defense contractors to withhold subcontracting information from the...