As I predicted, the Trump Department of Education is interpreting Title VI (education) and Title VII (employment) to ban any kind of special treatment for minority students or job applicants at US colleges or universities that accept federal funds. The Department now...
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The Trump Administration changes to the Department of Education will profoundly affect high school athletics, particularly transgender athletes
The Trump Administration changes to the Department of Education will profoundly affect high school athletics, particularly transgender athletes and those who face them in sporting events. The President campaigned on the issue and has wasted no time reversing federal...
Our first New York City office is open for business
NachtLaw PC, a 29-year-old law firm with a focus in representing executives and physicians in employment law and students and faculty in disputes with universities, announces its expansion into New York City. The New York office, which officially opened in April 2024,...
A Major Victory in Michigan for LGBTQ+ Rights
In a landmark decision that sends a powerful message of equality and justice, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, signed House Bill 4718 into law on July 24, 2024, and Michigan has become the latest state to outlaw the harmful and discriminatory "gay and trans panic...
Combs “Puff Diddy” Indictment Raises Questions About Overuse of Asset Forfeiture
The Justice Department has indicted one of the most successful and well-known African-American music producers, Sean Combs, for using his music business to host parties in which women were coerced to engage in sex with male prostitutes and to use violence and threats...
David Nacht does not expect the ban on noncompetes to survive
As David Nacht predicted in an interview on Fox News Detroit the day the FTC issued its rule banning noncompetes, a federal judge, Hon. Ada Brown (ND Texas) issued a preliminary injunction throwing out the rule, July 3, 2024. While this is only the first stage of the...
Steps to take if you are charged with a felony
An arrest and subsequent charges of committing a felony crime represent a potentially life-changing future. Those convicted face lengthy prison sentences and other penalties that continue long after incarceration. The complexities of this level of criminal defense are...
Thoughts on the Jennifer Crumbley conviction
The Oxford school mass shooting was horrific. It was the sort of horrible crime that called out for justice. And so, Prosecutor Karen McDonald prosecuted Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of the shooter, on a theory of involuntary manslaughter. McDonald made two...
Rare Michigan trial for parents of mass shooter could set precedent
The national spotlight will center on Pontiac this week as jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday in Oakland County Circuit Court for a trial that experts said could set a precedent for holding parents accountable for their child’s actions. Jennifer and James...
Fighting False Truths
The story in BBC News, Ruby Franke: '8 Passengers' parenting mum arrested on child abuse suspicion, written by Madeline Halpert is a story for our times. A YouTube vlogger on parenting advice with 2 million followers has been charged with horrendous child abuse. It...
