Tag: Lawsuit
Justice Department files suit against New Jersey township for ‘religious discrimination’ towards Orthodox Jews
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that it has filed a lawsuit against Jackson Township in Ocean County, N.J., accusing its planning board with “religious discrimination” and “antisemitic conduct” towards Orthodox Jewish...
Jewish prisoners granted rights to kosher meals in Michigan following lawsuit
A proposed settlement reached on Oct. 12 in a class-action lawsuit allows Jewish inmates in Michigan prisons to start receiving certified-kosher meals, The Jewish News reported.
The lawsuit was handled by the Civil Rights Clinic at Michigan...
Thirty-eight former students sue Yeshiva University over alleged sex abuse
With a New York law, the Child Victims Act, taking effect last week that modified the state’s statute of limitations surrounding sexual abuse, 38 former students have sued Yeshiva University, alleging they were sexually abused by...
Court orders neo-Nazi website founder to pay $14 million for inciting violence
The founder of the alt-right website The Daily Stormer was ordered by court on Thursday to pay a Jewish real estate agent $14 million for inciting his readers to harass her family, The Associated Press reported.
U.S. District Judge...
Kuwait Airways sued over denying service to Israeli businessman
Kuwait Airways has been sued over denying service to an Israeli businessman who booked a flight from Munich to Sri Lanka in November.
This is the second case in which the Lawfare Project has represented...
KKL-JNF to sue Hamas for environmental damages in areas surrounding Gaza
Keren Kayemet Le’Israel-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) will sue Hamas in international legal court for the severe environmental damages that were caused to KKL-JNF land in the area surrounding Gaza from firing of rockets and...
Family of Itamar massacre sues Palestinian Authority, terrorists for $115 million
Seven years after five members of the Fogel family from the Samarian community of Itamar were stabbed to death by Palestinian terrorists who targeted them in their home, the surviving children are suing the...
Facebook ‘irresponsible,’ should treat anti-Jewish online terror like child porn
On Thursday, a federal judge in New York dismissed two lawsuits that sought to hold Facebook liable for allegedly providing a platform for terrorists.
The case was brought by two groups of plaintiffs, one a group of 20,000...