LDF and SPLC Action Fund Submit Testimony Opposing Georgia’s H.B. 531

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and SPLC Action Fund (SPLC Action) submitted written testimony to Georgia’s Senate Ethics Committee to “express in the strongest possible terms our opposition to (i) various ...

LDF Files Amended Complaint in Employment Discrimination Class Action Lawsuit

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), along with the law firm Outten & Golden LLP, filed an amended complaint in Mandala v. NTT, a class action lawsuit challenging discriminatory employment policies ...

LDF Submits Letter Supporting Innocence Investigation for Kevin Cooper, a Black Man on Death Row Despite Serious Conviction Concerns

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom in support of Kevin Cooper’s request for an innocence investigation. Cooper is a Black man who has ...

LDF Sends Letter to Urging Harris County, TX District Court Judges to Hold Emergency Jail Release Hearings

Today the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. sent a letter to Harris County, TX district judges calling for the court to hold emergency jail release hearings to release at least 4,000 individuals incarcerated ...

LDF Issues Statement on House Vote to Pass COVID-19 Relief Package

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Today, the United States House of Representatives voted to pass a comprehensive COVID-19 relief package, which now awaits President Joe Biden’s signature. Some of the key items included in this legislation are as follows: $1,400 ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief In Stop-and-Frisk Case

Earlier this week, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), Bronx Defenders, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the Legal Aid Society, and New York Civil Liberties Union filed an amicus brief in the ...

LDF and the Impact Fund File Amicus Brief Clarifying Class Action Typicality Standard in Case Involving False Information in Credit Reports

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Impact Fund filed an amicus brief on behalf of 24 organizations in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, a case before the U.S. Supreme Court ...

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