Civil Rights

September 29, 2017 Giddon Enterprises, Inc. is the defendant in a proposed class action alleging the website for its Rothman’s men’s clothing stores discriminates against blind internet users.

September 29, 2017 Restoration Hardware, Inc. is on the receiving end of a proposed class action lawsuit filed by a blind man who claims the defendant’s website discriminates against blind users by denying them full and equal access to its goods and services.

September 28, 2017 The Progressive Corporation and Progressive Specialty Insurance Agency, Inc. are facing a proposed class action lawsuit filed in New York over claims that the defendants violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.

September 28, 2017 Lenwich Holdings LLC, Lenwich Asset Management LLC, and Lenwich HQ LLC are facing a proposed class action lawsuit filed by a blind New York man who alleges the defendants’ website is not fully accessible to blind users.

September 28, 2017 A blind New York woman has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Lulu Frost, Inc. over claims that the jewelry and accessories store failed to make its website accessible to blind internet users.

September 28, 2017 Pret A Manger (USA) Limited, which operates sandwich shops in New York, is facing a proposed class action lawsuit claiming its website discriminates against blind users.

September 28, 2017 A blind man has filed suit against Fair Promotions Inc. over claims that its website is unlawfully incompatible with screen-reading software used by visually impaired internet users.

September 26, 2017 A blind individual has filed suit against Dylan’s Candybar, LLC over allegations that its website is not compatible with screen-reading software and therefore discriminates against the blind population in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

September 26, 2017 The City of St. Louis is the defendant in a proposed class action filed over the alleged actions of its police force in the wake of a 2011 murder.

September 21, 2017 Central Amusement International LLC is facing claims that it discriminates against the blind population by failing to provide them equal access to its website.

September 19, 2017 The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the NYC Subway system, is facing a proposed class action lawsuit that claims it discriminates against the city's deaf population by failing to provide an alternative to audio announcements.

September 15, 2017 Sugar Factory, LLC and Sugar Factory the Row, LLC are on the receiving end of a proposed class action lawsuit accusing them of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and various state civil rights laws.

September 7, 2017 A blind individual has filed a proposed class action lawsuit in Florida over allegations that Lee Health (which does business as Lee Memorial Health System and www.leehealth.org) failed to make its website accessible to disabled individuals.

September 2, 2017 Montana state officials are the defendants in a proposed class action alleging impoverished residents are subject to a driver's license suspension scheme.

August 31, 2017 Furniture store operators Jensen-Lewis Co. Inc. and Jensen-Lewis East, Inc. are facing a proposed class action lawsuit alleging their website contains access barriers that hinder blind individuals from freely navigating the site.

August 31, 2017 Sophie’s Cuban Cuisine Inc. and Sophie’s Cuban Cuisine Franchising, Inc. are facing a proposed class action lawsuit alleging their website violates the Americans with Disabilities Act by denying access to blind individuals.

August 31, 2017 A blind individual has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Sushirrito NYC 23rd, LLC and Sushirrito NYC BP, LLC claiming the companies’ website denies equal access to the visually impaired.

August 31, 2017 A proposed class action alleges the NLETC's director and one attorney engaged in a years-long, racially driven campaign to prevent the plaintiff from gaining employment.

August 31, 2017 Residents of the Lincoln Plaza housing project have sued Wilkes-Barre, PA's housing authority over an allegedly unaddressed bed bug infestation.

August 17, 2017 A WI man claims Progressive Insurance and a law firm illegally disclosed consumers' driver's license numbers in violation of federal law.

August 14, 2017 A Florida Uber driver claims the company's policy prohibiting concealed firearms violates his rights under state law.

August 2, 2017 A rancher claims the South Dakota Brand Board and an auction company 'conspired to confiscate' nearly $60,000 from livestock producers.

July 28, 2017 The owners of an Oklahoma steakhouse, water park and hotel are facing a lawsuit over claims they exploited Filipino immigrants for cheap labor.

July 27, 2017 Two Georgia residents have filed suit against Sentinel Offender Services, LLC and three of its executives claiming that they illegally charged a $20 'enrollment fee' to people sentenced to 'pay-only' probation after being unable to pay court-ordered fees.

July 26, 2017 A proposed civil rights class action takes issue with Jefferson County, NY's policy of performing strip searches on those arrested for minor crimes.

July 18, 2017 Homeless San Diego residents claim in a class action lawsuit that the city and other defendants are essentially criminalizing homelessness.

July 18, 2017 Independent School District #625 is facing a class action alleging it discriminates against foreign-born, English-learning students.

July 17, 2017 The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) has been accused of unlawfully discriminating against non-citizen job applicants by denying them employment based on alienage.

July 14, 2017 Four companies that operate Brooklyn’s Barclays Center have been named as defendants in a proposed class action lawsuit that claims they unlawfully fail to provide prospective employees with copies of their background reports and rights.

July 14, 2017 CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. is facing claims from two plaintiffs who allege that the defendant’s parking lots discriminate against people who use wheelchairs.

June 30, 2017 A blind individual has filed two separate lawsuits against Friedman’s 31st Street, LLC and The Halal Guys Inc., respectively. The suits claim that the defendants’ websites are inaccessible to the blind population.

June 29, 2017 A blind individual has filed two separate lawsuits against the operating companies of Hill Country restaurants and Manhattan Mall New York, respectively, alleging that the companies have failed to make their websites accessible to blind population.

June 29, 2017 A class action filed in New York claims Docks Oyster Bar & Seafood Grill's website is not in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

June 26, 2017 A Cleveland man alleges the Cuyahoga Metro Housing Authority unlawfully fails to include certain fees within tenants' contract rent under the federal HCVP.

June 16, 2017 CoreCivic of Tennessee, LLC is the defendant in a proposed class action lawsuit filed by a former inmate who claims it ignored a scabies outbreak.

June 15, 2017 Professional Transportation Inc., United Professional and Service Employees Union, and United Professional and Service Employees Union Local 12222 are facing a lawsuit.

June 8, 2017 A proposed class action alleges Harris Ventures, Inc., which operates as Staff Zone, is responsible for a pattern of sexual discrimination against female job seekers.

May 31, 2017 CoreCivic, Inc., formerly Corrections Corporation of America, is the defendant proposed class action filed over alleged human trafficking and labor law violations.

May 19, 2017 Hinds County, its Board of Supervisors, and three individuals have filed a lawsuit alleging that African American residents have been discriminated against.

April 14, 2017 A Michigan woman claims in a proposed class action lawsuit that the state has unlawfully denied possibly life-saving Hepatitis C to thousands of infected residents.

April 7, 2017 Davidson County, Tennessee Sheriff Daron Hall and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County have been sued over alleged unlawful immigrant detentions.

April 3, 2017 Benchmark Hospitality of Westchester, LLC, which operates luxury New York City hotel Doral Arrowwood, is the defendant in a proposed class action.

March 27, 2017 Roosevelt Hotel Realty LLC has been hit with a civil rights lawsuit claiming the hotel chain's website is inaccessible to the blind.

March 6, 2017 A lawsuit filed against Bullitt County takes issue with the Bullitt County Jail's alleged practice of forcing individuals to remove all their clothing for inspections.

February 22, 2017 Citing an alleged violation of the Fourth Amendment, a 65-year-old woman has filed a proposed class action against the School Board of Palm Beach County.

February 21, 2017 Reverend Josephine E. Robertson, a refugee and Matriarch of the Miskitu Nation, has filed a proposed class action lawsuit in California against the Republic of Nicaragua.

February 1, 2017 A proposed class action has been filed against the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services and others.

January 18, 2017 A proposed class action claims the Georgia Department of Driver Services and its commissioner, defendant Bert Brantley, violated proposed class members' civil rights.

January 10, 2017 A former letter carrier has filed a proposed class action against United States Postal Service Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan.

December 20, 2016 A handful of employees have filed a lawsuit against E.A. Renfroe & Company, Inc. alleging they and other workers were paid less than they should have been.