BRIEFLY

Posts from Joshua Newville, a Minnesota employment lawyer, civil rights attorney, and mediator.

Apr 6, 2018

Courts Must Be Fairer In Cases Alleging Police Brutality

Our failure to correct the error made by the courts below leaves in place a judgment that accepts the word of one party over the word of...

Apr 4, 2016

Supreme Court Lets Stand $188 Million Award Against Wal-Mart

In a win for employees, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review an award to a class of plaintiffs against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc...

May 3, 2015

The Supreme Court To Address Marriage Equality Litigation

Historic, unprecedented, monumental… no single word fully encapsulates the magnitude and impact the past three years have had on marriage...

Oct 6, 2014

Supreme Court Order Brings Marriage Equality States to 30

Today, the United States Supreme Court denied to review opinions issued by three appellate courts that declared bans on same-sex marriage...

Jun 28, 2013

SCOTUS Kills DOMA and Prop 8; Sexual Orientation Discrimination Lives On

It’s been a busy week for employment law and civil rights. The impact of the past week’s Supreme Court decisions on these two areas of...