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Few discrimination suits filed as class actions: Study

Jun 16, 2010

Most plaintiffs in employment discrimination lawsuits are solo plaintiffs and are likely to receive modest settlements if they receive anything at all, says a study by the Chicago-based American Bar…

Most Employment Lawsuits Brought By Individuals

Jun 16, 2010

The American Bar Foundation study, Individual Justice or Collective Legal Mobilization? Employment Discrimination in the Post Civil Rights United States, was published in the June issue of the…

Study: Few Discrimination Suits Filed as Class Actions

Jun 16, 2010

The American Bar Foundation study, which covers employment discrimination cases filed in federal courts between 1987 and 2003, found that about 19 percent of cases are dismissed, and 50 percent of…

The Procedural Attack on Civil Rights

Mar 13, 2010

Three cases before the Supreme Court this term address attorney fee shifting. The AARP wrote about the cases, quoting Laura Beth Nielsen here. The American Bar Foundation supported research on…

M. Peter Moser - We will miss you

Oct 19, 2008

On Friday, a great friend of the ABF passed away. M. Peter Moser has been part of the ABF family longer than I have serving on the Board and then as the President. When I first started going before…

How Are Hate Crimes Defined?

Jun 25, 2008

Produced by Eight Forty-Eight on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 WBEZ Chicago Public Radio