September 3, 2021
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How Roe v. Wade Stopped Being the Law of the Land in Texas

     

The knell of clocks striking midnight in Texas on Wednesday marked a grave turn in the fight for (and preservation of) women's rights and access to healthcare in the state and the country.

This week, the Supreme Court of the United States chose not to rule on an emergency application of the courts which was brought before them in an effort to challenge the Texas legislation (known dryly as Senate Bill 8 or SB 8) banning abortion at 6 weeks, effectively permitting the law to go into effect on Wednesday. What this legislation, which would ban approximately 85% of abortions in the state, means for the future of abortion and Roe v. Wade in the US is still unclear, but it has been a huge cause for concern among women's rights and health advocacy groups across the nation.

Senior Associate Alex Berke's latest piece for the Daily Beast teases out some of the implications and details of this Texas law and how it doesn't bode well for abortion rights in the future. You can find the article here, and read an excerpt below:

"By empowering any American to file a lawsuit against abortion clinics, as well as the individuals—including receptionists and volunteers—who work in them or supposedly aid and abet them, SB 8 creates unsustainable legal and financial risk for abortion clinics to continue functioning in Texas.”

New York State Human Rights Law Invoked in Sexual Harassment Arbitration Case

August 11, 2020
Sexual Harassment
A split has appeared in how to handle sexual harassment cases with a New York trial judge ruling recently that the state’s Human Rights Law prevents companies and employees from entering arbitration over sexual harassment. This contradicts an earlier ruling in New York’s Southern District where a judge ruled that arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) supersedes New York’s statutory prohibition against arbitration.

The First Recession for Women

August 11, 2020
Gender Discrimination
There is a new feature to the pandemic-induced recession that has decimated employment, manufacturing, child care, education, and just about every other facet of life. It is women, not men who are the most greatly affected by the force of the shutdown.

The Berke-Weiss Law Weekly Roundup: Black Pregnancy in New York City and School Reopening Reversals

August 10, 2020
Race Discrimination
Pregnancy Discrimination
We’re now a week into the expiration of the enhanced unemployment benefits of the CARES Act and the news is not good. Congress and the White House remain at least a trillion of dollars apart on a new deal, with the Senate GOP split, though their prized bit of the CARES Act, the corporate bailout, did not have an expiration date, unlike those parts aimed at protecting workers, such as the PUA and eviction moratoriums. Thus, with depressing predictability, there were a spate of alarming stories this week echoing the fears that tenant unions and activists have been voicing for months: by ending employment relief we are hurtling toward a cliff, over which lies massive, nationwide evictions.
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