First Amendment

THE SUPREME COURT EXPANDS RELIGIOUS-SCHOOL EXEMPTION FROM CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS

First Amendment, Litigation, Religion /

In May 2020, the United States Supreme Court ruled that two elementary school teachers at religious schools could not pursue their claims of age and disability discrimination.  The court found that employees such as teachers who hold important positions cannot sue their employers because of the First Amendment’s freedom of religion clauses. In Our Lady […]

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JUDGE CONCLUDES THAT AN EX-EMPLOYEE’S ACCUSATIONS ARE PROTECTED BY FIRST AMENDMENT

First Amendment /

          A New York State Court judge on Long Island has held that a former employee has a First Amendment right to disseminate his claim that his former employer had lost personal data about its customers.              The case arose from an employment dispute.  In July, 2008, Cambridge Who’s Who Publishing (“Cambridge”), a Uniondale, Long

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