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Group Home Gets Over $5 Million In Punitives Against a Municipality In a Fair Housing Case
Gilead Community Services – a group home for men with mental health disabilities – was recently awarded nearly $5.2 million in damages in a fair housing case in Connecticut. Gilead is a non-profit for people with mental health disabilities and opened a six-person...
Harvard Implicit Bias Test Recommended for Reducing Bias in Schools
Harvard University’s widely used implicit bias study – also known as Project Implicit – measures a person’s unconscious stereotypes and attitudes toward different identity groups. Implicit bias has harmful effects on our thoughts, behaviors, and actions. Since...
Office for Civil Rights Finds LAUSD failed students with disabilities during the pandemic
The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently found the Los Angeles Unified School District failed its students with disabilities during the pandemic. The OCR found the district – the nation’s second-largest – did not provide students with...
NEW YORKER: A Promising Court Victory for Mobile-Home Residents
A recent New Yorker article describes a case we are fighting alongside Iowa Legal Aid as “a promising court victory for mobile-home residents”. The New Yorker has followed the story of our client, Suellen Klossner, since March. Ms. Klossner is a 62-year-old woman...
NYT: Landlord Accused of Demanding Sex From Tenants to Pay $4.5 Million
For at least 15 years, a landlord in New Jersey demanded sexual acts from prospective and actual tenants. According to the Department of Justice, Joseph Centanni demanded sexual acts from prospective tenants in order to obtain housing, demanded actual tenants perform...
Release: Settlement Agreement with Eclipse Advantage, LLC.
Kennedy Hunt P.C. and our client recently reached a favorable settlement in our class action wage and hour lawsuit against Eclipse Advantage, LLC, a warehouse-based product distribution company. On Nov. 10, 2021, the United States District Court Eastern District of...