Media Coverage

Published by Fox 5 DC on 11/19/2025 A private school in northern Virginia has reached a settlement with a Jewish family who alleged their children were wrongfully expelled after they reported antisemitic harassment.

Published by WUSA9 on 11/19/2025 HERNDON, Va. — Two parents will get $100,000 in settlement money from the Nysmith School in Herndon after accusing the northern Virginia private school and its principal of expelling their children because they complained about antisemitic bullying. Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced the settlement on Tuesday, saying that “every child […]

Published by The Washington Times on 11/18/2025 A Virginia family settled with the Nysmith School for Gifted Children on Tuesday after the parents alleged that the school condoned antisemitic bullying of their 11-year-old daughter and then expelled the girl and her two siblings when concerns were brought to administrators. Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced […]

Published by Jewish Insider on 11/18/2025 A private K-8 school in Northern Virginia reached a settlement on Tuesday with the parents of an 11-year-old Jewish student who say their daughter faced months of antisemitic harassment that went unaddressed by school officials.  According to the complaint, filed in July with the Office for Civil Rights in the […]

Published by the Times of Israel on 11/18/2025 A top US private school in northern Virginia has settled a lawsuit over its expulsion of three Jewish students after their parents complained about repeated antisemitic bullying, lawyers for the parents and the state attorney general said on Tuesday. The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Published by Jewish Insider on 10/30/2025 Responding to historic levels of antisemitism in the U.S., the Anti-Defamation League and Gibson Dunn LLP announced on Wednesday a new joint network offering pro bono legal assistance to victims of antisemitic incidents. The new initiative joins an already crowded space of Jewish groups offering legal services, including the […]

Published by the Daily Pennsylvanian on 10/23/2025 The Brandeis Center filed an amicus brief on Wednesday urging a federal court to reverse the dismissal of a lawsuit which accused Penn of insufficiently responding to antisemitism on campus. The Oct. 22 brief — submitted by a Jewish legal rights advocacy group in the 3rd United States Circuit Court […]

Published by Variety on 10/16/2025 Warner Bros. Discovery has responded to a legal letter regarding calls for a boycott of Israeli film institutions, acknowledging such a pledge would likely violate its internal policies.  “Warner Bros. Discovery is committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful environment for its employees, collaborators, and other stakeholders,” a spokesperson for WBD […]

Published by JFeed on 10/9/2025 In EXCLUSIVE interview to JFeed, Mr. Rory Lancman, Director of Corporate Initiatives and Senior Counsel at the Brandeis Center, expose the developments of the Hollywood boycott to the “Israeli Blacklist”. A major American Jewish civil rights organization has directly confronted the US film industry, sending a forceful legal warning to major studios, talent […]