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Jul 08, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Texas Response to Dallas Police Shootings
HOUSTON – Last night police officers in Dallas were gunned down while protecting community members exercising their right to protest peacefully. The protesters were publicly chal...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform Racial Justice
Jun 29, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Challenges Law Preventing Studies on ‘Big Data’ Discrimination
First Amendment Lawsuit Brought on Behalf of Academic Researchers and Journalists Who Fear Prosecution Under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Issue Areas: Privacy & Technology Free Speech Racial Justice
Court case: Sandvig v. Barr — Challenge to CFAA Prohibition on Uncovering Racial Discrimination Online
Jun 23, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Comment on Supreme Court Fisher Ruling
WASHINGTON — In a 4-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court today upheld the race-conscious admissions program at the University of Texas at Austin. The ruling means the school will b...
Issue Areas: Racial Justice
Court case: Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
Jun 02, 2016
Environmental Protesters Fight Defamation Lawsuit Filed by Coal Ash Landfill
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Makes Free Speech Case Defending Residents of Low-Income, Majority Black Alabama Town
Issue Areas: Free Speech Racial Justice
Court case: Green Group Holdings v. Schaeffer: Defense of Environmental Protesters Against Defamation Lawsuit
Jun 01, 2016
Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Ending Benton County’s Modern-Day Debtors’ Prison
Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Ending Benton County’s Modern-Day Debtors’ Prison
Issue Areas: Racial Justice
Court case: Fuentes v. Benton County
Mar 30, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and NCLC File Lawsuit Against US Department of Education Over Failure to Disclose Debt Collection Practice Data
Concerns That Practices May Disproportionately Harm Borrowers of Color
Issue Areas: Racial Justice
Court case: Student Debt: Department of Education FOIA Lawsuit
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