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The NYPD is costing NYC $millions in lawsuit settlements
The Daily News article “Lawsuit City,” by Tina Moore, begins: The number of lawsuits against the NYPD jumped by 10% in the 2011 fiscal year, with cases involving alleged misconduct leading the way, a new report revealed. The piece goes … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights lawsuits, Law and government agencies, legal causes of action, personal injury lawsuits
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Two lawsuits, and two remarkable women
Please read this wonderful piece, by Peter Applebome, about Edith Windsor, whose landmark, powerfully justifiable case challenging the Defense of Marriage Act has now been taken up by the Supreme Court. I want her to be my best friend. Edith … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights lawsuits, defamation, law and the courts, legal causes of action
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“A.C.L.U. to Sue Morgan Stanley Over Mortgage Loans”
Last night, I read this powerful article by Jessica Silver-Greenberg in the New York Times and, not for the first time, considered how great the A.C.L.U. is. And also, not for the first time, understood that the general impatience and … Continue reading
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Tagged class action lawsuits, law and the courts, legal causes of action, legal pro bono organizations
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