Category: Civil Rights Law

Insights on Complex Legal Challenges

Strategic perspectives on civil rights, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, police misconduct, retaliation, and institutional accountability.

BlogAug 16, 2012

Race Discrimination in the Banking Industry

The American Banking Industry one of the oldest, largest and most important of our industries is plagued with race-based business practices Banks, more broadly...

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Abuse of State PowerAug 15, 2012

NYPD Cop Files Suit for $30M Alleging Sexual Harassment

New York Civil Rights Attorney Eric Sanders, Esq., of The Sanders Firm, P.C., alleges in a $30 Million Dollar state lawsuit that the NYPD...

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BlogAug 14, 2012

Race Discrimination in the Advertising Industry

The US advertising industry, with advertising revenue well over $30 billion a year is economically viable. However, economically viable, the industry is battling an...

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BlogAug 13, 2012

Race Discrimination in Employment

Yes, despite persistent denials race discrimination is a significant problem in the workplace. Race discrimination occurs when supervisors, colleagues or even third-party associates of...

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Arrest DiscriminationAug 12, 2012

Criminal Records and Arrest Discrimination

In certain instances, the law prohibits an employer from making hiring decisions based on a job applicant’s criminal history (or the lack thereof) There...

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BlogAug 10, 2012

Employee or Applicant Protection Against Retaliation

“Retaliation” in the workplace constitutes of firing, demoting, or harassing workers or applicants because they have complained about employment discrimination based on age, color,...

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Abuse of State PowerJun 21, 2012

NYPD Reforms Interacting With the TGNC Community

The LGBT Pride Month is drawing to a close but New York City will continue its observance of lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender citizens’...

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Abuse of State PowerJun 18, 2012

The State of New York’s LGBT Community

For the fourth consecutive year, President Barack Obama has declared June the “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month”: the 30-day period for pondering...

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Abuse of State PowerJun 17, 2012

The Gay-Straight Alliance

The lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender (LGBT) community has come to be identified with “queer” people and with the HIV-affected. Thus the lengthened initialism,...

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