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John Long to Moderate Infractions Panel at Nacda Convention
John Long to Moderate Infractions Panel at Nacda Convention. -
THOMPSON COBURN LLP: Thompson Coburn releases coloring book celebrating the life of Texas legal pioneer Gloria Bradford
In honor of Black History Month, Thompson Coburn has created a free educational coloring book celebrating Gloria Bradford, the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Texas School of Law. -
ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT LLC: Celebrating Black History Month
In honor of Black History Month, Eckert Seamans is celebrating Black Legal Trailblazers who are powerful examples of leadership in the legal profession, helping to bring about change, progress, and inclusiveness. -
Civil rights groups permitted to intervene in SFFA v. University of Texas at Austin
AUSTIN - The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, along with pro bono counsel Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP and Bernabei & Kabat PLLC, have received an order from a federal district court, to intervene in SFFA v. University of Texas at Austin on behalf of three organizations and a diverse group of eight students. -
Abbott's order on ballot drop boxes is glaring voter suppression, lawsuit alleges
AUSTIN - Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to restrict each county in Texas to one secure ballot drop box is unconstitutional and a direct act of voter suppression, a lawsuit filed today against Abbott and Texas Secretary of State Ruth Hughs argues. -
Proposed bill would release information about civil rights cold cases
The civil rights movement gave millions of people a new share in the American Dream. Tragically, many violent crimes committed against black families struggling for equality during this time remain unsolved. -
Texas, six other states file suit alleging DACA program is unconstitutional
BROWNSVILLE – A lawsuit brought by Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina and West Virginia against federal officials and agencies alleges that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program is not based on firm constitutional ground. -
Black Lives Matter, other groups seek removal of Harris County judge over Houston Chronicle comments
HOUSTON – Blacks Lives Matter: Houston and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas, along with six other organizations, have called for the suspension and removal of the 209th District Criminal Court Judge Michael McSpadden for comments made in a Feb. 23 Houston Chronicle report the groups claim show racial bias. -
Not in their wallet: NAACP, LULAC accuse Capital One of racial discrimination against blacks, Latinos
HOUSTON – Two of the country’s oldest civil rights organizations have brought a federal lawsuit against Capital One, N.A., according to recent Houston Division of the Southern District of Texas records. -
EEOC Criminal Records Guidance 'critical tool to assist employers,' attorney says
LUBBOCK – The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) and the National Employment Law Project have filed a motion to intervene in a case by the State of Texas against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) involving criminal records guidance. -
Federal judge rules Texas discriminated when Passing 2011 Voter ID bill
CORPUS CHRISTI – On April 10, a U.S. -
DOJ reverses position on Texas voter ID law
HOUSTON – The U.S. Department of Justice has confirmed that it will withdraw its claim that a Texas’ voter-ID law was implemented with discriminatory intent. -
SCOTUS declines to hear Texas voter ID case
Washington, D.C. – On Jan. 31 the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will not hear arguments at this time over Texas’s photo ID law, which the full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down as racially discriminatory last summer. -
Election protection coalition seeks to preserve voter rights In Texas
AUSTIN – A coalition led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is preparing for the November election by protecting voters’ rights in Texas and across the country. -
Texas voter ID changes address minorities' access issues
AUSTIN – A federal district court entered an order to ease Texas’s strict photo identification law and allow voters without ID to cast a regular ballot this November. -
Fifth Circuit finds Texas voter ID law discriminatory
AUSTIN – On July 20 the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals found Texas’s photo ID law, seen as one of the strictest in the nation, in violation of federal laws prohibiting discrimination. -
Tenured professor sues college after contract isn't renewed
A woman is suing a college after her contract was not renewed with her, alleging the decision was made because of race. -
Court at Law judge dies after 20 years on the bench
Longtime Jefferson County judge John Paul Davis died Feb. 10 at age 74. Davis had been serving as judge of County Court at Law No. 3 for 20 years. -
Abbott says DOJ ignoring 10th Amendment by suing Texas over voter ID
Despite the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that Texas was no longer required to get preclearance from the federal government before making any changes to its voting laws, the Obama administration is suing the state to stop its new voter identification laws.
