by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Jan 13, 2023 | Civil Rights
Over in Los Angeles, the Department of Justice has secured a $31.25 million settlement with City National Bank over allegations the bank redlined – or refused to underwrite mortgages – in predominately Black and Latinx neighborhoods. This is the largest...
by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Nov 8, 2022 | Civil Rights
The science of doing the most good, for the most amount of people is the reason our founder – Thomas E. Kennedy III – pursued a career in law more than 50 years ago. Now, commonly known as effective altruism, it’s the idea of valuing all lives equally and seeking out...
by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Nov 8, 2022 | Civil Rights, Local News
St. Louis is one of the most segregated American cities, symbolized by the “Delmar Divide” that widely separates white and Black neighborhoods. And Black St. Louisians live at a poverty rate over three times higher than whites. The effects of redlining, racial deed...
by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Nov 8, 2022 | Civil Rights
The ongoing impacts of segregation are felt in so many ways in America, especially housing. A new article published in the Iowa Law Review examines how the federal government – from the Department of Housing to the Department of Defense – perpetuates housing...
by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Nov 8, 2022 | Disability Law, Local News
Kennedy Hunt P.C. Fair Housing Case Against the City of Springfield The Illinois Times recently profiled Kennedy Hunt P.C.’s major jury trial win in a years-long Fair Housing case the firm filed in 2016. On July 26, a federal jury rendered a verdict for $293,000 in...
