November 18, 2025 Private school in Virginia to pay nearly $150,000 to settle Jew-hatred suit (JNS) Published by JNS on 11/18/2025 The Nysmith School, a private institution in Herndon, Va., agreed to pay Jewish parents $100,000 and legal fees up to another $46,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that headmaster Ken Nysmith expelled three siblings after their parents complained about one, their 11-year-old daughter, being subject to antisemitic harassment at the school. “Combating […] Uncategorized Media Coverage
November 18, 2025 Settlement reached in antisemitic bullying at Virginia private school (Washington Post) Published by the Washington Post on 11/18/2025 A Virginia private school has agreed to adopt new policies to combat religious discrimination and pay $100,000 to a Jewish couple after the parents alleged that one of their children was bullied with antisemitic taunts and that the school’s headmaster reacted by expelling the girl and two of […] Media Coverage
November 14, 2025 Legal Aid lawyers union settles after 3 members allegedly ridiculed, targeted for pro-Israel stance (New York Post) Published by New York Post on 11/14/2025 The union repping taxpayer-funded Legal Aid lawyers agreed to settle a discrimination lawsuit brought by members who were allegedly ridiculed and targeted for opposing a union-approved anti-Israel resolution as antisemitic. The Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, UAW Local 2325, agreed to pay the three pro-Israel members a total of $315,000 […] Media Coverage
November 14, 2025 Brandeis Center hosts first legal summit to strategize over antisemitism cases (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on 11/14/2025 The historic rise of antisemitism brought on by the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks has posed a unique set of challenges to lawyers litigating incidents targeting Jewish students and employees. More than 60 attorneys and heads of Jewish legal organizations gathered on Monday for an inaugural legal summit in […] Media Coverage
November 13, 2025 Settlement will ‘impose some adult supervision’ on legal union, Brandeis Center says (JNS) Published by JNS on 11/13/2025 The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law said on Thursday that it and the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys had agreed to settle a lawsuit, which the center filed last year on behalf of three members of the union, and to pay the three $315,000. The Brandeis […] Media Coverage
November 13, 2025 Brandeis Center wins settlement over anti-Israel union activity (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on 11/13/2025 The Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, a union representing over 3,000 legal workers, has acknowledged “inappropriate” communication around Israel and antisemitism as part of a settlement reached on Thursday brought on behalf of three union members who sued to block an anti-Israel resolution proposed weeks after the Oct. 7, […] Media Coverage
November 13, 2025 NYC legal aid union settles with lawyers who claimed anti-Israel bias (Reuters) Published by Reuters on 11/13/2025 A union representing New York-based legal aid lawyers said Thursday it will pay $315,000 to settle claims that it tried to retaliate against three of its members after they challenged the union’s issuance of a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and “an end to Israeli apartheid.” As part of the […] Media Coverage
November 10, 2025 Ed Dept to investigate complaint against NY fashion school over Jew-hatred, says Brandeis Center Published by JNS on November 6, 2025 The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law said on Thursday that the U.S. Department of Education will be opening an investigation into the Fashion Institute of Technology over a complaint it, along with the Anti-Defamation League, filed against the school in September 2024. The center […] Media Coverage Press Room
November 10, 2025 Brandeis Urging U.S. Court to Allow Lawsuit over Fashion School’s ‘Punch a Zionist’ Practice (The Jewish Edition) Published by The Jewish Edition on November 7, 2025 The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law has asked the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to allow a Jewish plaintiff to proceed anonymously in her lawsuit against the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). The center argued that the district […] Media Coverage Press Room
November 10, 2025 Brandeis Center Seeks Anonymity for Jewish Victim in Antisemitism Lawsuit (The Algemeiner) Published by The Algemeiner on November 7, 2025 The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law has asked a US federal court to allow a whistleblower of antisemitism at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) to pursue her lawsuit anonymously and avoid acts of retaliation which may await those who come forward to […] Media Coverage Press Room