More than 200 former Civil Rights Division staff sent a letter condemning Harmeet Dhillon. This proves she's effective.

The attorneys' goals include ensuring that people with disabilities have the services they need to live in their own homes, instead of having to move into nursing homes or other types of institutions, ...

OFFICIALS WITH THE CITY OF ANTIOCH and its Police Department met with civil rights attorney John Burris and his firm to sign a formal settlement that ...

Learn how attorney's fee awards work, including when they're granted, key factors, and the process for determining amounts in U.S. legal cases.

Ramzi Kassem, a CUNY law professor who defended Al Qaeda terrorists, is being tapped by Zohran Mamdani to become one of his highest ranking aides: sources ...

More than 200 attorneys formerly employed in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division bashed the Trump administration Tuesday for turning its “core mission upside down” as it took a series of ...

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Nov. 29 (UPI) --The federal government is ending its anti-Semitism investigation at Northwestern University in exchange for a $75 million fine in an agreement that restores $790 million in federal ...

The Trump administration announced a sweeping federal civil-rights agreement Friday with Northwestern University, requiring the school to pay $75 million and protect students and staff from any ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - The Justice Department plans to expand gun-rights protections with a new office in its civil rights division dedicated to enforcing the U.S. constitutional right to bear ...

WASHINGTON STATE — Gov. Bob Ferguson made his first appointment to the Washington State Supreme Court, announcing civil rights attorney Colleen Melody will replace retiring Justice Mary Yu. Ferguson ...