by Ian Weiner | Aug 12, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — The U.S. Census Bureau released the first local level results of the 2020 Census data Thursday, including information about race and voting-age population. The release of today’s data will allow states to begin the redistricting process, in which...
by Ian Weiner | Aug 4, 2021 | Press Releases
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) must act to protect civil rights and privacy in online commerce by regulating unfair and deceptive practices, creating an Office of Civil Rights, and increasing enforcement against Big Tech, states a letter sent to the agency on...
by Ian Weiner | Jul 27, 2021 | Press Releases
(BALTIMORE) —The Daily Record has named Erinn D. Martin, policy counsel with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, to the 2021 VIP List – Very Important Professionals Successful by 40 awards. The Daily Record created the VIP List in 2010 to...
by Ian Weiner | Jul 26, 2021 | Press Releases
(Austin, Texas) — Judge Robert Pittman of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas granted the University of Texas at Austin’s motion to dismiss Monday in Students for Fair Admissions Inc. vs. University of Texas at Austin, a case which attempted to...
by Ian Weiner | Jul 14, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) —The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of lawyer and voting rights expert, Myrna Pérez to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Wednesday, as the nationwide fight for civil rights, including...