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Executive Summary: For decades fitness facilities have been offering “women-only” sections, allowing women to exercise in private without self-image worries or unwanted male attention. But these sections are now in jeopardy as the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities (CHRO) brings a case against two prominent Connecticut gyms, Edge Fitness and Club Fitness, to the Connecticut Supreme Court, asserting that such sections amount to illegal sex discrimination against men. This is an issue of first impression.
The CHRO has been pleading this case, originally brought to them by two males in their mid-20s, for several years now. The CHRO maintains that these women-only sections discriminate against men in violation of Connecticut’s public accommodations law, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46a-64, which prohibits discrimination and segregation in places of public accommodation based on, among other things, sex. Altho
We recently covered the United States Supreme Court’s troubling decision in
Ford Motor Company v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, 141 S. Ct. 1017 (2021), which has broadened the reach of specific personal jurisdiction for many product manufacturers. In an 8–0 decision, the Court held that some companies (like Ford) may be subject to specific jurisdiction in
any U.S. forum where a product-related injury occurs, regardless of whether the defendant’s contacts with the forum were a “but for” cause of the injury. Though the Court attempted to limit its analysis to the “arise out of or relate to” prong of the specific jurisdiction test, the decision’s reach extends uncomfortably beyond that provision. Of particular concern is its impact on another key element of the specific jurisdiction analysis: purposeful availment.
Giuliani s FBI raid and search warrant mean the Trump Ukraine scandal is far from over
The search and seizure of Rudy Giuliani s home and office is both exceptional and concerning.
At the crack of dawn on Wednesday morning, FBI agents executed search warrants at the Manhattan apartment and office of Rudolph W. Giuliani. Giuliani, best known lately as (one of several) personal counsels for former President Donald Trump, is the former mayor of New York City, as well as the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
The fact that a judge approved multiple search warrants for Giuliani’s home and office is stunning.
Zuckerman Spaeder WASHINGTON The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday will hold a confirmation hearing for Candace Rae Jackson-Akiwumi, nominated by President Joe Biden to sit on the Chicago-based Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the very rare judge, if confirmed, who brings the perspective of a criminal defense lawyer to the bench.
A partner in a D.C. law firm only since last year, Jackson-Akiwumi spent a formative 10 years, between 2010 and 2020, as a staff attorney at the Federal Defender Program for the Northern District of Illinois.
If confirmed, as expected Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin recruited her for the position she will mark two milestones: Jackson-Akiwumi will be only the second Black woman ever on the Seventh Circuit and will be the only person of color currently on the Chicago appe
/PRNewswire/ Juan Monteverde, founder and managing partner at Monteverde & Associates PC, a national securities firm rated Top 50 in the 2018-2020 ISS.