This article was originally published in Law360. Read it here. Despite a growing body of case law laying out a blueprint for determining whether incarcerated workers are employees — which would legally entitle them to minimum wage and…
Read More →A federal judge said Missourians living in poverty ‘have gone hungry’ due to bureaucratic hurdles that the state knows about but has failed to address This article was originally published in Missouri Independent. Read it here. One year…
Read More →This article was originally published in Bloomberg Law. Read it here. Calls for the New York high court to finally end a long-time New York state circuit split—over when and whether legal aid attorneys representing low-income New Yorkers…
Read More →SNAP cuts are ‘going to have a massive shock wave across the country, and everybody will feel it.’ This article was originally published in The American Prospect. Read it here. When you walk into the supermarket, do you…
Read More →The law has been an important pillar in effecting social change throughout the history of the United States. Its effectiveness and use have changed over the country’s history. This discussion considers the history of litigation as a means…
Read More →This article was published in NY Focus. Read it here. For years, Mei Zhen Xiao worked nonstop for a few days each week caring for an elderly woman who required constant attention. Xiao, a 64-year-old immigrant from China’s Fujian…
Read More →This article was originally published in WIVB. Read it here. BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — For years, minority residents of Buffalo have spoken out about discriminatory police stops, which they say have often resulted in multiple tickets, sometimes for…
Read More →This article was originally published in The Buffalo News. Read it here. Attorneys for advocacy groups and people bringing a lawsuit against the Buffalo Police Department for alleged discriminatory policing practices were before a U.S. District Court judge…
Read More →“I’ve never been stopped in the boarding neighborhoods” This article was originally published in WKBW. Read it here. Buffalo’s finest are under the microscope in a class-action lawsuit that accuses the Buffalo Police Department of racial profiling and…
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