The American Jewish Committee has criticised the US president over the remark, adding that his words could “feed bigotry”. Mr Netanyahu is the current leader of Israel, but Jews born or living in other countries do not regard him as their prime minister. Mr Trump was speaking to the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas…
One of the biggest lies told by many opponents of immigration is that they only stand against “illegal” immigration, while they fully support “legal” immigration. This line has been said repeatedly by defenders of President Donald Trump — I have frequently been scolded by readers who are unhappy with my characterization of him as “anti-immigrant.”…
At least 11 states, from California to Vermont, passed new protections addressing workplace harassment in 2018 — and many of them go into effect in the new year. California also passed a new law requiring women on corporate boards by the end of 2019. The reforms come as the #MeToo movement has raised the curtain…
The legal academy is having its own #MeToo reckoning. The past year or so has seen a spate of law professors and administrators come under the microscope for their questionable conduct with students and staff. Full article below https://www.law.com/2018/12/05/law-profs-swept-up-in-metoo-movement/?slreturn=20190229161012
County prosecutors will visit college campuses throughout New Jersey this fall to forge a relationship with survivors of assault through community forums, state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced Thursday at a campus sexual violence conference. The forums will be an opportunity for prosecutors and law enforcement to hear directly from survivors and assure them that allegations will…
The bill aims to end secret, mandatory arbitration proceedings for claims brought by employees against their employers. When local attorney Elizabeth Jubin Fujiwara started representing sex discrimination victims in Hawaii in 1986, it was rare to come across employees who were bound to go through secret arbitration proceedings rather than the court system. But over…
A Miami litigator expressed skepticism about the #MeToo movement during a bond hearing in the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building on Saturday. Kristi Kassebaum, a personal injury and criminal law attorney with the Kassebaum and Basile firm, made her remarks while speaking on behalf of her client Alejandro Perez. Perez, a fifth-grade teacher with Charles R. Hadley…
MORENO VALLEY, Calif. (KABC) — A shocking lawsuit claims Moreno Valley Unified School District officials tried to cover up a 7-year-old special-needs student’s alleged sexual assault. According to the lawsuit filed in March, a special-needs third-grade student at Honey Hollow Elementary School was made to “feel shame, humiliation and remorse” for speaking out about her…
Playboy Enterprises and its bunny ears logo are still among the most identifiable marks around the world, but the company may have stumbled as it tries to branch out by licensing its name and logo beyond its 64-year-old magazine. The Champagne and Spirits Alliance (CASA) and its affiliated company, Fish Fork, claim in a $30…
Frustrated when doctors couldn’t find her MRI results, a celebrated cellist with migraines decided to take matters into her own hands. What Alisa Horn, found out was devastating — a diagnosis of early-stage multiple sclerosis. When she found out was nearly as bad — right before taking the stage to perform “An American in Paris”…
