Government works best when it meets people where they are and helps them solve real problems. Civil legal services do exactly that.

The feds had ruled that City Hall violated residents’ civil rights in a case involving the relocation of the General Iron ...

LGBTQ rights endure when they are written into or otherwise grounded in national constitutions; culturally normalized across ...

Subject matter jurisdiction is the authority given a court, either from the constitution of the nation or of a state, or the legislature of the nation or that state, to ...

Under civil rights case settlement, the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office has tight restrictions on how its employees interact with immigration authorities.

Harvard University law and history professor Kenneth Mack provided an introduction to his lecture about African American law student Lloyd Gaines, who petitioned the Supreme Court when he was denied ...

The Survivor Justice Tax Prevention Act aims to correct a long-standing injustice by exempting civil settlements for ...

The Franchising & Distribution Team at Fieldfisher is pleased to share this three-part series on the lifecycle of franchise and distribution agreements in Europe.

Not every state includes gender identity in their civil rights code, but Iowa was the first to remove nondiscrimination protections based on gender identity.

Iowa has become the first state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code. The law that took effect Tuesday means transgender and nonbinary residents are no longer shielded ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa became the first state to remove gender identity from its civil rights code under a law that took effect Tuesday, meaning transgender and nonbinary residents are no ...