Minnesota Lawyer

Bank of America will pay $7,500 to settle the first action to enforce the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s new rule prohibiting home lenders from discriminating based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

An unfair competition plaintiff could avail himself of the continuous accrual theory to defeat the defendant’s statute of limitations defense, the California Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a dismissal.

The new federal requirement that all group health plans must include coverage for FDA-approved contraceptive methods probably violates the religious rights of an employer who is a devout Catholic, the 8th Circuit has ruled in granting a preliminary injunction.

President Barack Obama and members of Congress have turned their attention to immigration reform. Lawyers representing employers and immigrants are preparing their clients for the potential effects.

A medical school may have violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by refusing to provide a deaf student with auxiliary aids to assist him in overcoming his hearing impairment, the 8th Circuit has ruled in reversing a summary judgment.

An Idaho prison guard will not be receiving workers’ compensation benefits after failing to show that the plaque rupture that caused his heart attack was triggered by events that occurred after he arrived at work.

A consumer fraud defendant could not moot a putative class action by tendering full individual relief to the lead plaintiff, Maryland’s highest court has ruled in reversing judgment.

Less than one year after a federal court judge issued a seminal electronic discovery decision blessing the use of computer-assisted review, the technology is already appearing in courts across the country.

All of the verdicts in this year’s Top 10 were greater than $100 million. The lowest award was $109 million.

A hostile environment plaintiff was not required to show the “permanence” of underlying acts of discrimination in order to proceed under a continuing violation theory, the 3rd Circuit has ruled.