Legal Briefs & Testimony

NWLC Amicus Briefs Supporting the Contraceptive Coverage Benefit

August 12, 2013

The Center is filing friend of the court briefs in lawsuits challenging the federal contraceptive coverage benefit, brought by employers who want to deny their employees this important benefit.  These cases involve suits brought under the First Amendment to the US Constitution and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.  These cases will decide whether a boss’s religious beliefs trump women’s health and women’s access to the health care they need.

National Women’s Law Center Comments on Proposed Rule Child Care and Development Fund Proposed Rule

August 02, 2013

The National Women's Law Center submitted comments to the Administration for Children and Families in the Department of Health and Human Services on proposed regulations to update the Child Care and Development Fund Program.

National Women's Law Center Files Title IX Athletics Complaint Against DC Public Schools

June 28, 2013

The National Women's Law Center filed a Title IX complaint with the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights regarding inequitable opportunities in athletics in District of Columbia Public Schools.

National Women's Law Center Encourages Senate to Remember Women in Immigration Bill

June 18, 2013

The National Women's Law Center sent a letter to Senators urging them to protect provisions that are important to immigrant women, ensure that women have full access to the path to citizenship, and to guard against amendments that harm women and families.

Letter to HELP Committee in Support of Strengthening America's Schools Act

June 10, 2013

The National Women's Law Center wrote a letter to the Senate HELP committee in support of the Strengthening America's Schools Act.

Letter to Senate Committee Supporting the Military Justice Improvement Act

June 07, 2013

In a letter to the Senate Committee on Armed Services regarding the Military Justice Improvement Act, S. 967, NWLC indicated strong support of the Military Justice Improvement Act, S. 967, bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would remove from the chain of command the prosecution and other key decision-making in military cases involving crimes punishable by confinement of one year or more, except crimes that are uniquely military, such as disobeying orders.

Testimony to IRS/Treasury Hearing on Minimum Essential Coverage

May 29, 2013

Dania Palanker, Senior Counsel with the National Women’s Law Center, provided oral testimony to the IRS and Treasury on proposed rules related to the individual responsibility to maintain minimum essential coverage in the Affordable Care Act.

National Women's Law Center Files Brief in Ollier v. Sweetwater

May 22, 2013

The National Women's Law Center filed an amicus brief in the case Ollier v. Sweetwater in the 9th Circuit.  The case involves several questions of importance in the continuing effort to ensure that women and girls are treated equally in athletics.  In our brief, we focus on the validity and practicality of OCR’s three-part test, as well as the need to allow class retaliation suits, especially given the coach/team relationship.

National Women's Law Center files Amicus Brief in Sexual Harassment Case

May 15, 2013

The National Women’s Law Center filed an amicus brief in the Eighth Circuit in a case involving the contours of a school’s responsibility under Title IX to respond to harassment that occurs off-campus between two of its students.  The trial court had decided that because the college student was sexually assaulted at a privately-owned apartment building the school had no responsibility to investigate and respond to the assault once the student survivor reported it.  

National Women's Law Center Encourages HELP Committee to Support Perez Nomination

April 18, 2013

The National Women's Law Center has urged the Senate HELP Committee to support the nomination of Thomas Perez for Secretary of the Department of Labor.