Civil Rights

November 3, 2021 A class action alleges the rights of thousands of pre- and post-trial detainees in NYC jails have been violated as a result of long-known staffing issues and ineffective leadership.

October 22, 2021 A proposed class action lawsuit alleges Bank of America has discriminated against consumers of Iranian and Middle Eastern descent by arbitrarily restricting and closing their accounts.

September 24, 2021 A lawsuit claims the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department has unlawfully discriminated against Black women police officers and retaliated against those who complained.

September 2, 2021 Eli Lilly faces a lawsuit that claims it has unlawfully discriminated against older job applicants seeking sales rep positions in favor of younger workers.

August 25, 2021 A lawsuit claims Tidelands Health has unlawfully discriminated against disabled and female new hires by administering a required strength test prior to employment.

August 16, 2021 A lawsuit alleges the New York Shakespeare Festival failed to properly pay workers and discriminated against African American employees.

August 16, 2021 A lawsuit alleges Prima Frutta Packing and related entities have unlawfully discriminated against agricultural workers on the basis of age, sex and national origin.

July 23, 2021 A lawsuit has been filed against Momentum Solar over alleged systemic racial discrimination against Black workers and retaliation against those who complained.

July 20, 2021 A class action alleges Walmart’s criminal background checks for job applicants are overly broad and disproportionately harm Black and Latinx prospective employees.

June 11, 2021 A class action alleges the city of Long Beach, California has for years subjected Black employees to unequal pay and other forms of discrimination amid a “pattern and practice of anti-Black culture.”

May 20, 2021 A class action alleges the University of Mississippi has engaged in deplorable, “largely off the record” age, gender and racial discrimination.

May 13, 2021 A lawsuit alleges the builders of a Hindu temple in New Jersey trafficked and then force Indian nationals to perform stonework and other construction after obtaining “R-1” religious visas to come to the United States.

May 4, 2021 A lawsuit claims the University of Connecticut’s decision to cut its women’s rowing team reflects a “pattern and practice of sex discrimination.”

April 30, 2021 A class action lawsuit alleges Santa Clara County, Calif. has wrongfully employed a policy of keeping individuals incarcerated for several days after the county district attorney’s office has declined prosecution.

April 2, 2021 The Baltimore Police Department is among the defendants in a class action that alleges the BPD has employed a “pattern and practice” of unconstitutionally searching, seizing and retaining the personal property of violent crime victims in the city.

March 29, 2021 A class action alleges New York City and the Dept. of Correction have unconstitutionally kept young pretrial detainees in “stealth isolation confinement facilities” indefinitely without due process or a legitimate purpose for doing so.

March 22, 2021 A lawsuit claims New York City authorities charged excessive fines for alleged price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic while ignoring companies’ due process rights.

March 15, 2021 A class action challenges Pacifica, Calif.’s use of municipal ordinances to prohibit individuals from living in their recreational vehicles.

February 25, 2021 A class action claims Vero Beach, FL and its police dept. violated the constitutional rights of East Spa customers as they surveilled the business amid an investigation into suspected human trafficking.

February 16, 2021 A class action claims Fresno State's elimination of varsity women's lacrosse and overall treatment of student-athletes on the team amount to a Title IX violation.

January 25, 2021 A class action alleges the Georgia Dept. of Corrections has failed to protect Coffee Correctional Facility residents from COVID-19 and health issues related to water leaks and black mold.

January 22, 2021 A proposed class action claims Ryan Homes violated federal law by failing to make its sales offices accessible to individuals with disabilities.

January 12, 2021 A class action alleges Wells Fargo discriminates against non-U.S. citizens who live in the country legally by denying access to certain financial services and products.

January 12, 2021 The Archdiocese of New York and a parish church, St. Joseph of the Holy Family, face allegations of labor law violations and racial and ethnic discrimination.

December 18, 2020 A proposed class action claims Zoom Video Communications, Inc. has discriminated against deaf individuals by failing to provide closed captions for free.

December 16, 2020 A proposed civil rights class action looks to challenge a MDOC policy under which prisoners are forced to remove religious head coverings for mug shots.

December 11, 2020 A lawsuit claims the NCAA’s academic requirements disproportionately penalize student-athletes at historically Black colleges and universities.

December 8, 2020 A class action alleges Klausner Lumber denied workers FMLA- and pandemic-related leave protections when it abruptly shuttered its U.S. operations in March 2020.

December 4, 2020 A class action alleges New York Life Insurance Co.'s practice of denying jobs to qualified applicants due to past arrests resolved in the individual's favor is discriminatory and disproportionately harms Black applicants.

December 3, 2020 A class action alleges the "country of origin/birth" options given by Amazon.com on its third-party seller application discriminatorily keep people from successfully applying.

November 20, 2020 A former Onia, LLC employee alleges she was discriminated against for taking maternity leave and deprived of proper overtime wages.

November 18, 2020 Local 798 of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO, faces a proposed class action lawsuit over alleged racial and sexual discrimination.

November 10, 2020 A lawsuit claims New York’s prison system has unlawfully discriminated against inmates with disabilities by excluding them from eligibility for an early release program.

October 27, 2020 A former Uber driver alleges the company's reliance on its star rating system in determining worker terminations or "deactivations" is discriminatory against minority drivers.

October 22, 2020 A class action claims police “sweeps” of Minnesota's Hennepin County encampments where homeless individuals live have overstepped their constitutional rights.

September 30, 2020 A class action alleges Vision Property Management has preyed upon Black prospective homebuyers in the Detroit area with discriminatory contracts "structured to fail."

September 28, 2020 A detainee at the Adams County Detention Center claims facility officials have “recklessly or intentionally” exposed detainees to the novel coronavirus.

September 2, 2020 Fifty two plaintiffs allege McDonald's has for years systematically discriminated against Black franchisees.

August 27, 2020 Two retired NFL players allege the league has attempted to avoid paying Black former players concussion settlement compensation by way of a battery of neurocognitive assessment tests skewed by race.

August 20, 2020 The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a class action over the federal government's detainment of unaccompanied minors in hotels amid the pandemic while awaiting deportation.

August 14, 2020 A class action claims soldiers naturalized as U.S. citizens after enlistment in the MAVNI Program have been discriminated against with regard to obtaining security clearances necessary for career advancement.

August 13, 2020 A former Chipotle Mexican Grill employee claims in a proposed collective action that she was not provided proper break time to express breastmilk during shifts.

August 7, 2020 The Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government are among those facing a class action over the tactics used by Louisville police against peaceful demonstrators during May and June 2020 protests.

August 5, 2020 A class action claims Nike’s requirement for retail employees to wear face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic is discriminatory against deaf or hard-of-hearing consumers.

July 24, 2020 A class action claims USCIS's failure to print work permits for non-citizens whose employment applications were approved has infringed on their Constitutional rights.

July 22, 2020 A class action says thousands of NY voters will “simply have their votes discarded” because they were unaware that absentee ballots must be stamped by the U.S. Postal Service.

July 20, 2020 The operators of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, Massachusetts face a proposed class action over a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility that killed 76 veterans and sickened 84 others.

July 20, 2020 A class action claims Whole Foods has disciplined and retaliated against employees who've worn Black Lives Matter masks despite publicly supporting the movement.

July 8, 2020 A class action lawsuit alleges Assemblers and Total Staffing Solutions have consistently denied work opportunities to qualified Black laborers based solely on race.

July 7, 2020 A class action claims Dallas police officers used excessive force against and unlawfully arrested and held overnight peaceful protestors engaging in no illegal activity.