PRACTITIONER BLOG
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Latinx Workers Reach Groundbreaking Class Action Settlement in Immigration Raid Case
In April 2018, an immigration raid at the Southeastern Provision meatpacking plant in the small town of Bean Station, Tennessee upended a community. Federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) descended on the plant alongside Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers and local police officers. Armed with long guns and raid gear, agents detained around 100 Latinx workers, transported them to a National Guard armory, and placed most in deportation proceedings.
Answering Question Left Open by SCOTUS, D.C. and Seventh Circuits Side With Plaintiffs on Specific Personal Jurisdiction in Class Actions
In quick succession last week, the D.C. and Seventh Circuits handed down two decisions favorable to class action plaintiffs on specific personal jurisdiction in federal court. So, good news for plaintiffs today, but these cases are not the last we will hear on this subject.
Transgender Vets Left Out In The Cold - Impact Fund & Allies File Amicus Brief
Last month, Lambda Legal and Transgender Law Center appealed the Secretary’s denial of the petition to the Federal Circuit, arguing in part that the denial of coverage for sex reassignment surgeries is sex discrimination that violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fifth Amendment. We agree. Standing in solidarity, we have authored an amicus brief.