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The Supreme Court's ruling in CRST Van Lines v. EEOC (5/19/16) allows potential award of attorney fees even if court does not reach merits.

Donald Trump evades questions about whether employers should have right to discriminate on basis of religion and the tax-exempt status of re…

If Congress, which passed both RFRA and Obamacare, believes RFRA's application goes too far, Congress could decide to repeal all or part of…

Michael PeabodyNovember 13, 2015

Longstanding, agency-approved exemption of religious hospitals from federal pension law had been overturned, threatening Dignity Health chai…

Bills have been introduced in both houses of the U.S. Congress that would prohibit the Federal government from discriminating against indivi…

The Supreme Court ruled that a prospective employer's perceived need to accommodate religious beliefs as a "motivating factor" not to hire v…

If there's any doubt about the truth of the aphorism that you should not assume things, this is Exhibit A.

In March 2015 a Ventura County Superior Court judge upheld the right of a for-profit Christian preschool to compel teachers to make a statem…

On March 17, 2015, the a three-judge panel of the Appeals Court of Georgia ruled unanimously that the denial of unemployment benefits to a S…

Is a second Hobby Lobby case in the works? Meggan Sommerville is a sixteen-year Hobby Lobby employee in Aurora, Illinois who has been denied…