by Amy F. Robertson | Aug 26, 2013 | Civil rights, News
From EEOC Commissioner Chai Felblum: Al Sharpton at Saturday’s March “spoke of meeting an African-American man of some achievement who told him, ‘Look at my résumé. The civil rights movement didn’t write it.'” Sharpton said he replied,...
by Tim Fox | Aug 25, 2013 | Civil rights, News
The New Mexico Supreme Court unanimously held that a store open to the public cannot discriminate based on the religious beliefs of the store owners. Specifically, in that case, the owner of a photography studio could not refuse to photograph a commitment ceremony...
by Amy F. Robertson | Aug 21, 2013 | Accessibility, Civil rights
While the Hollister chain continues to defend a store design that segregates customers in wheelchairs to side entrances . . . . . . the Wet Seal clothing chain has responded to the aspirations and ingenuity of a girl with Down Syndrome by giving her a photo shoot as a...
by Amy F. Robertson | Aug 20, 2013 | Accessibility, Systemic change litigation
Today the judge entered a permanent injunction in our Hollister case. The key provision gives Hollister until January 1, 2017 to ensure that any . . . point of entry or egress that presently contains an Elevated Entrance will be 1. modified to be level with the...
by Amy F. Robertson | Aug 16, 2013 | Accessibility, Systemic change litigation
Judge Wiley Daniel ordered Hollister to bring its raised porch entrances into compliance with the ADA by January 1, 2017. CREEC lawyers along with co-counsel from the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, Lewis Feinberg, and Campins Benham-Baker, had challenged...