Grashoff v. Payne
Excessive fines and fees that unfairly target low-income people are increasingly being used by legislatures and city councils across the country to fill budget gaps.
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Excessive fines and fees that unfairly target low-income people are increasingly being used by legislatures and city councils across the country to fill budget gaps.
We represent Ricky Price and Kevin Conway, two men currently detained at the Chicago Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), at risk of contracting COVID in a facility that has been a vector for spread of the disease.
Meggan Sommerville, a transgender woman, successfully sued her longtime employer Hobby Lobby for prohibiting her from using the women’s restroom at work.
We filed a charge of discrimination with the Illinois Department of Human Rights and the EEOC on behalf of Kate Holt—who was denied insurance coverage for medical care because she is transgender—while a public employee of Springfield, the capital city of Illinois.
We represent Cristina Nichole Iglesias – a woman in federal custody – who has been denied critical medical care, raped, physically and sexually abused, and even held hostage while housed in facilities for men. The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has recognized that Ms.
The ACLU of Illinois is suing Clearview AI for violations of Illinois Biometric Privacy Act.