Legal Briefs & Testimony

National Women's Law Center Files Title IX Lawsuit for Failure to Respond to Sexual Assault

April 18, 2013

The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), together with the Michigan law firm Smietanka, Buckleitner, Steffes and Gezon, filed a Title IX lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan against the Forest Hills School District outside of Grand Rapids, Michigan for failing to respond to the sexual assault of a high school student on school premises and the subsequent cyber-bullying and on-campus harassment suffered by the teenage girl.  

National Women's Law Center Files Amicus Brief In Re Wells Fargo Bank

March 13, 2013

The National Women’s Law Center filed this amicus brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to help explain why the court should deny Wells’ Fargo’s motion for a writ of mandamus in In Re Wells Fargo Bank.  The brief explains why the two-step approach for Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective actions is crucial for collective actions under the Equal Pay Act (EPA), and the ways in which collective actions are central to achieving the purposes of the EPA and the FLSA by ensuring that workers receive information necessary to assert their rights.  

Testimony of Fatima Goss Graves Before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee on Sequestration

March 08, 2013

Vice President for Education and Employment Fatima Goss Graves testified before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee on the harmful effects of Sequestration on women.

National Women's Law Center Files Comments to Department of Education re: Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act

March 05, 2013

The National Women's Law Center filed comments witht the Department of Education regarding its data collection for the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act.

NWLC Files Amicus Briefs in Hollingsworth v. Perry and United States v. Windsor

February 28, 2013

The National Women’s Law Center filed an amicus brief in Hollingsworth v. Perry and United States v. Windsor.  Hollingsworth addresses the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the California ballot measure that overturned the California Supreme Court's ruling that same-sex couples have a right to marry.  Windsor challenges the constitutionality of the provision of the Defense of Marriage Act that bars the federal government from recognizing marriages of same-sex couples. 

Testimony in Favor of Legislation (HB1204) to Increase Minimum Wage and Tipped Minimum Wage in Maryland

February 28, 2013

The National Women's Law Center submitted testimony to the Economic Matters Committee in the Maryland House in support of legislation to increase the minimum wage and tipped minimum wage in Maryland.

National Women's Law Center Encourages Court Review in Veronese v. Lucasfilm Ltd.

February 13, 2013

The National Women's Law Center has written an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of California urging their review in the pregnancy discrimination matter Veronese v. Lucasfilm Ltd.

NWLC Files Complaint against City University of New York for Pregnancy Discrimination

January 28, 2013

The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) has filed an administrative complaint against City University of New York (CUNY) for violating Title IX—the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in education—for permitting each classroom instructor to determine on a case-by-case basis whether to excuse absences related to pregnancy and allow for make-up work and for retaliating against a student who challenged the policy. 

 

Amicus Brief: Mississippi vs. Buckhalter

December 21, 2012

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Amicus Brief: Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk

October 26, 2012

Today, the Center filed a friend of the Court brief in Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk. Read the brief and find out more about the case's potential impact.