TakeawaysIn mid-July 2026, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) published a notice about long-standing federal guidance on disability rights. Many states and courts have relied on this guidance for more than a decade, but the DOJ now says it is not enforceable.The notice focuses on the DOJ’s 2011 Statement of the Department of Justice on Enforcement of the Integration Mandate of Title II of the Read More
New Court of Appeals ruling Allows LGBTQ North Carolinians to Get Domestic Violence Protections Under State Law.
A new Court of Appeals ruling allows LGBTQ North Carolinians to get domestic violence protections under state law. The Court of Appeals issued an opinion on December 31, 2020 in M.E. v. T.J., a domestic violence case from Wake County. The trial court denied Plaintiff's request for a DVPO because she and defendant were a same-sex couple in a dating relationship. The trial court found that Read More
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