Updated: 3:30 AM CDT May 28, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS Asian Americans in the U.S. are being attacked at an alarming rate.
Oftentimes, we see the awful attacks through cell phone or surveillance videos and sometimes not much happens after that. That s because sometimes taking any legal action isn’t even an option.
But the crisis is just too staggering for one newly formed group to stand by and do nothing.
Don Liu is a founder and board member of The Alliance for Asian American Justice. He is also Target’s chief legal and risk officer. We’ve seen a dramatic increase certainly the largest increase in the anti-Asian violence in my memory, Liu said.
Greenberg Traurig’s Tampa Office Adds Associate Andrea E. Nieto
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A. has again expanded its Tampa office Labor & Employment Practice with the addition of Associate Andrea E. Nieto. TAMPA, Fla. (PRWEB) May 25, 2021
Currently, Nieto is working on matters involving the Florida Civil Rights Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, Florida’s Uniform Trade Secrets Act, and the Defend Trade Secrets Acts. She has a particular interest in Labor & Employment issues that affect the construction industry.
“We look forward to Andrea playing an important role serving clients in our successful Labor & Employment Practice,” said David B. Weinstein, managing shareholder of Greenberg Traurig’s Tampa office and chair of the firm’s national Environmental & Toxic Torts Litigation Practice. “Andrea will be an asset to our team as we continu
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In a rare moment of bipartisanship, the House May 18 afternoon passed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, which mandates a review of hate crimes committed during the pandemic by the Justice Department âincluding expedited procedures for processing cases â and more resources for hate crimes reporting and assistance for victims of hate crimes.
The bill defines a COVID-19 hate crime as a violent crime that is motivated by two things: the actual or perceived characteristic of a person, including race, and the actual or perceived relationship to the spread of COVID-19 of any person because of that characteristic.
The bill would also encourage more reporting of incidents in multiple languages, and help make different communities feel more empowered to come forward and report hate incidents. It would also direct federal agencies to work with community-based organizations to raise awareness of hate crimes.