Racial profiling, or the discriminatory act of targeting an individual on suspicion of a crime based on their race or ethnicity, remains pervasive in our society. In 2022 alone, the…
Category Archives: Civil Rights
Most convictions are correct, and it is only a small fraction of criminal convictions that are wrongfully made due to police misconduct. But wrongful convictions are unacceptable and should not be tolerated because they place innocent people behind bars.
When an individual gets into legal trouble and breaks the law, there are a number of consequences they can face, depending on the type and severity of their infractions….
The federal No Surprises Act, which took effect Jan. 1, 2023, forces health insurance companies to clearly tell customers whether a provider is in-network or out-of-network. In New York State,…
*Related Note: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Grounding Investigations into a corrupt file that caused the Notice to Air Missions (NOTAMs) central database, and its backup system, to fail continue. The…
Under a variety of laws and the US Constitution, Americans enjoy general rights to privacy. Sometimes, however, those rights are complicated—especially when new technology presents scenarios the laws’ authors didn’t…
In 2017, the Equifax data breach was experienced as one of the most damaging data breaches in history. Cybercriminals accessed a massive trove of data on 148 million Americans that…
Privacy Lawsuit against Tech giant Snap, Snap agreed to pay $35 million to settle claims that its lenses and filters violated the Biometric Information Privacy Act in Illinois. Snapchat users…
Other than the holidays, New York parents spend more money during the back to school buildup than at any other time of year. Unscrupulous individuals and companies are more than…
The fight for equal rights has often led to lawsuits that changed history. As Black History Month comes to an end, it is important to recognize the many legal cases…
All Democrats in the New York City delegation to Congress recently asked President Biden to stop a “humanitarian crisis” on Rikers Island, which they claim Mayor DeBlasio is not adequately…