Jul 16, 2014 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
AUSTIN, TX – Today, in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the University of Texas at Austin's holistic admissions plan, affirming the university's ability to consider the race of an applicant as one of many...
Jul 15, 2014 | News Releases, Voting Rights
BELLFLOWER, CA – Today, MALDEF, together with the law firm of Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian & Ho, and the Law Offices of Robert Rubin, filed suit against the City of Bellflower for violating the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 (“CVRA”). The City...
Jul 10, 2014 | News Releases, Voting Rights
MERCED, CA – Late last night, the City of Merced voted to place on the November ballot an ordinance that would change the at-large election system to a by-district system for each of the six seats on the Merced City Council. The council supports the measure as...
Jul 3, 2014 | Court Cases Employment, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
DETROIT, MI – Today, MALDEF filed suit in federal court in the Eastern District of Michigan against Systems USA Inc. and Systems USA Consulting LLC for violating the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), the Trafficking Victims Protection...
Jun 13, 2014 | News Releases, PP Voting Rights, Public Policy
WASHINGTON, DC – Two weeks before the one-year anniversary of the infamous Shelby County v HolderSupreme Court decision, which dealt a severe blow to every American's voting rights by incapacitating a key section of the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA), MALDEF...
