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Bergstein & Ullrich
Website: tbulaw.com
Bergstein & Ullrich is a legal publisher that provides detailed analyses of recent court decisions and legal developments, primarily focusing on employment law, discrimination, labor law, and civil rights issues. Their content often covers appellate court rulings, statutory interpretations, and procedural aspects of cases involving workplace discrimination, family and medical leave, religious employment exceptions, and public authority liability. The publisher offers in-depth case summaries and legal reasoning that are useful for lawyers, legal scholars, and professionals interested in employment litigation and related legal principles.
135 published works
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Constitutional challenge to NYS election law is moot
By secondcircuitcivilrightsblogsecondcircuitcivilrig
The Second Circuit has dismissed as moot an appeal challenging New York's independent-expenditure disclosure requirements as applied to political advertisements criticizing socialism and the Democratic Socialists of AmericaThe case is…
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2d Department strikes down Nassau County law on transgender athletes
By secondcircuitcivilrightsblogsecondcircuitcivilrig
The culture wars continue to range on Long Island. In Nassau County, the legislature passed a law prohibiting transgender women from playing team sports with those who were born as…
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Inmate wins disability discrimination appeal
By secondcircuitcivilrightsblogsecondcircuitcivilrig
You know, inmates have rights, too. This one filed a lawsuit over the jail's failure to accommodate his disability, among other violations. Much of the case is gone, but the…
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Police officer has a viable retaliation case under the First Amendment
By secondcircuitcivilrightsblogsecondcircuitcivilrig
The Court of Appeals holds that a police officer may challenge a promotion denial that he claims was in retaliation for speaking out against possible supervisory misconduct.The case is Beatty v.…
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Religious-based objection to selling bridal clothing for same-sex wedding violates state law
By secondcircuitcivilrightsblogsecondcircuitcivilrig
The First Department has sustained a State Division of Human Rights finding that a wedding business violated state law in refusing to sell a bridal jumpsuit for a same-sex wedding.…
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Plaintiff wins retaliation appeal against Trump's 2016 campaign
By secondcircuitcivilrightsblogsecondcircuitcivilrig
The Appellate Division has reinstated a retaliation case filed against Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, which alleges that, after its former director of Hispanic engagement sued the campaign for sex discrimination,…
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Anti-Biden Twitter critic loses federal civil rights suit alleging conspiracy to close his account
By secondcircuitcivilrightsblogsecondcircuitcivilrig
The plaintiff here was an active Twitter-poster who criticized President Biden's COVID-19 policies, challenging the shutdowns and school closures. Twitter eventually suspended him under its five-strikes-yer-out rule after determining he…
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2d Department sustains sexual harassment finding against Boston Market
By secondcircuitcivilrightsblogsecondcircuitcivilrig
The Appellate Division has sustained a finding from the New York State Division of Human Rights that found a female employee was sexually harassed at Boston Market in Orange County.…
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Welcome to New York Times v. Sullivan
By secondcircuitcivilrightsblogsecondcircuitcivilrig
A Republican Congressman sued NBC over a Rachel Maddow's comment that he had accepted material from a Russian agent without notifying the authorities. That comment was apparently false, but Maddow…
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Employees get paid when they are required to show up early but there is no work to perform
By secondcircuitcivilrightsblogsecondcircuitcivilrig
The Second Circuit has reinstated a wage-and-hour lawsuit alleging that a supermarket required employees to arrive 15 minutes before their shifts but did not pay them when managers were late…