While we often think of pregnancy as a happy time for a family, many pregnant people face unjust discrimination because of their condition. Often, pregnant employees are met with adverse employment actions from employers. Pregnancy discrimination typically occurs in...
When dealing with civil rights issues and discrimination, you might have heard of offices like the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) or the various Offices of Civil Rights (OCR) for the Department of Education or the Department of Health and Human...
When government entities, schools, and businesses violate civil rights, those violations can affect a lot of people at once. Class-action lawsuits are specifically designed to help many people bring a complaint together on behalf of themselves and others like them to...
Most cases are governed by a law called the statute of limitations that dictates how long a victim has to bring a lawsuit for the conduct. Each state has its own rules, and it is important to know how long you have to bring your case if you are considering filing a...
University administrators have a great deal of control over the disciplinary process. They have the power to bring charges against any attending student or employee of the school. Often times, violations do not even need to be spelled out in the code of conduct for...
When you file such a case against a defendant, you must be able to prove that they are at fault. This is referred to as the burden of proof. In sexual abuse lawsuits, the burden of proof is different between civil and criminal cases. For civil cases, plaintiffs must...
