A federal judge has formally approved a settlement that installs a civilian watchdog on an NYPD surveillance panel to protect Muslims from unconstitutional monitoring, the Daily News has learned. NY Daily News Judge approves settlement to install civilian watchdog on NYPD surveillance of Muslims New York Law Journal NY Court Taps U S Doctrine
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OTMLAW is pleased to announce that Ms. Hashem was handed the first victory in her lawsuit against Hunterdon Central Regional High School. Ms. Hashem filed her complaint last spring. In response to the Defendants’ motion to dismiss, the District Court sustained Sireen Hashem’s claims alleging employment discrimination, disparate treatment, retaliation (which included a false report
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In light of growing acts of hatred against the Muslim community, the Northern New Jersey Chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace will host an event in Montclair this Sunday aimed at reducing and challenging Islamophobia statewide. The Record (NorthJersey.com) Symposium on fighting Islamophobia comes to Montclair
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The Court of Appeals agreed Monday to hear a case challenging the New York City Police Department’s refusal to acknowledge the existence of records sought under the state Freedom of Information Law. The New York Law Journal http://otmlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/11-21-16-NY-Law-Journal-to-Hear-FOIL-and-Glomar-Case.pdf
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The City of Yonkers, City Council voting process to designate ICCMW’s property was one of the fastest, and most biased land-marking of a property in Yonkers, New York. The designation targeted ICCMW’s application to build a mosque in the City of Yonkers, based on religion. Learn more about this case by checking out the following media articles: NBC News: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/islamic-community-group-sues-city-alleging-house-made-landmark-stop-n653256 Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/21/muslim-group-sues-yonkers-over-house-landmark-designation.html News 12, Westchester: http://westchester.news12.com/news/muslim-group-sues-yonkers-over-alleged-civil-rights-violations-1.12349479 FIOS1 News: http://www.fios1news.com/lowerhudsonvalley/planned-yonkers-mosque-lawsuit-sep-22-2016#.V-QF2pUm7q4
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Today we bring to you the latest edition of the NYLJ 100, our annual report ranking firms’ average number of full-time equivalent attorneys in New York state for the 2015 calendar year. Read more http://otmlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/NYLJ-100-ilovepdf-compressed.pdf
The recent report by Philip K. Eure, the inspector general of the New York City Police Department, solidifies the lack of trust minorities have towards the NYPD. Read more… The New York Law Journal Here
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A New York judicial panel has ruled that a Paramus man is not entitled to records he believed the NYPD had kept on him during a period of surveillance on New Jersey Muslims. Read more…Here
Omar Mohammedi, a civil litigator with The Law Firm of Omar T. Mohammedi, said he tries to take naps between prayers at night and not to draft motions after 4 p.m. “You do that mostly at nights in between prayers”. This article, which features Omar T. Mohammedi, gives an interesting insight into how Muslim attorneys
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The unanimous decision by the judges accepted the department’s so-called Glomar defense—a provision related to federal Freedom of Information Act that allows federal agencies to avoid acknowledging or denying the existence of certain sensitive information if it rises to a level of “harm cognizable” to law enforcement and public safety. Read more…here
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