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GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP: Greenberg Traurig Celebrates National Pro Bono Week 2020 in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP celebrates the 2020 American Bar Association’s National Pro Bono Week reflecting on social justice wins and raising awareness of the firm’s just-launched Pro Bono podcast. -
Deaf employee sues UPS over discrimination allegations
PHILADELPHIA – A deaf Philadelphia man is suing United Parcel Service alleging he was discriminated against on the job because the company would not provide translators. -
Education secretary motions to dismiss lawsuit over Phila. school conditions
Pennsylvania's Secretary of Education says that complaints filed against her office regarding the condition of schools in the Philadelphia School District did not pertain to the curriculum and do not require her investigation. -
Corbett will not appeal voter ID decision to state supreme court
Gov. Tom Corbett's administration has stated it will not seek an appeal to the state Supreme Court after the Commonwealth Court refused last week to revisit its striking down of the voter ID law, according to a press release. -
Commonwealth Court judge denies state’s motion for reconsideration in ruling striking down Voter ID law
The state judge who overturned Pennsylvania’s controversial Voter ID law -
Public Interest Law Center of Phila. seeks $42K-plus in attorneys’ fees from special ed dispute with Phila. S.D.
The Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, which represents families -
Pa. judge strikes down as unconstitutional controversial Voter ID law
A Pennsylvania judge has permanently enjoined the commonwealth from -
Public Interest Law Center of Phila. awards DLA Piper for pro bono work in Blunt v. Lower Merion School District
The Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia recently presented the firm -
Commonwealth lawyer reportedly agrees to extending injunction in Voter ID challenge through November
Lawyers representing the commonwealth in the case challenging -
Lawyers file to reopen 1986 class action against Phila. School Dist. that challenged services to foreign-language students
More than a quarter-century may have passed since the case of Y.S. v. School District of -
FJD court administrative officer recognized as a 2013 'diverse attorney'
Rachel Gallegos, a court administrative officer in the First Judicial District of -
Federal judge to Phila. School District: Stop ‘autism shuffle’
A federal judge has ruled that the Philadelphia School District’s process of “upper leveling,” or transferring students with autism from school to school without adequate parental input, violates the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. -
Parties in Voter ID case agree to stipulation asking for extension of preliminary injunction
Both sides in the debate over the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s new Voter ID law -
ACLU files petition in Voter ID case seeking to bar state from disseminating outdated info
A Pennsylvania judge recently halted the state’s controversial Voter ID law, preventing -
ACLU files brief with Pa. Supreme Court in Voter ID appeal
Attorneys representing those challenging the state’s new Voter ID law filed a brief with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court last week urging the justices to overturn a lower court ruling that let stand the controversial measure, which opponents say will disproportionately affect minority, poor and elderly voters. -
ACLU of Pa. files suit over state's new controversial Voter ID law
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed suit in Commonwealth Court on Tuesday challenging the state legislature’s recently enacted “Voter ID” law, which requires registered voters to show a photo identification to poll workers during election season. -
Federal judge dismisses discrimination lawsuit against Lower Merion School District
A federal judge in Philadelphia last week dismissed a racial discrimination lawsuit against a wealthy suburban school district, four years after the civil action was first filed by six African American families who alleged bias in class placement. -
Lawyers in Lower Merion School District discrimination case spar in court
Attorneys for a suburban Philadelphia school district accused of placing black students in special education classes in disproportionate numbers as a back-door means of racial discrimination got their say in federal court Tuesday. -
Parties in Lower Merion School District segregation lawsuit speak out
Four years ago, Aginah Carter Shabazz was going through a rough time. -
Lower Merion School District, frequent target of litigation, facing claims of segregation
The Lower Merion School District in suburban Philadelphia, which has been sued over its redistricting plan and the laptop webcam controversy, is once again facing litigation, this time over an alleged plot to place students in special education classes on the basis of race.