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Constitutional & Civil Rights Law

Monitor Issues First Report Evaluating Compliance with the Dublin Consent Decree; Finds Widespread Issues Across Federal Prison System

July 2, 2025
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

Disability and Patient Advocacy Groups File Federal Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of Colorado’s Assisted Suicide Law

June 30, 2025
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

Civil Rights Groups Demand ICE and Alaska DOC Meet Civil Detentions Standards for Detainees at Anchorage Jail

June 30, 2025
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

Bonuses Are Latest Attempt to Improve California’s Prison Mental Health System

June 9, 2025
Posted in Class Actions, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

Ninth Circuit Dismisses Two Appeals by the State in Case About Mental Health Care in California Prisons

June 2, 2025
Posted in Appellate Practice, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

Jenner & Block Wins Summary Judgment – RBGG Joined More Than 800 Other Law Firms Nationwide in Amicus Briefs Challenging White House’s Executive Orders Targeting Jenner & Block, Wilmer Cutler and Susman Godfrey

May 27, 2025
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Stopping Trump’s Funding Cuts for Lawyers for Unaccompanied Children in Immigration Court – RBGG Filed Amicus Brief Challenging Trump’s Actions

May 20, 2025
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

Perkins Coie Wins Summary Judgment Striking Down Executive Order – RBGG Joined More Than 500 Other Law Firms in Amicus Brief Challenging the President’s Unconstitutional Action

May 5, 2025
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

Ninth Circuit Requires State to Implement Its Own Plan to Treat Mentally Ill Patients in California’s Prisons with Personality Disorders

April 16, 2025
Posted in Appellate Practice, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage

RBGG Files Amicus Brief Challenging Trump Administration’s Funding Cuts for Lawyers for Unaccompanied Children in Immigration Court

April 11, 2025
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  • Court Issues Preliminary Injunction that Stops Trump Administration from Seizing Children’s Private Medical Records Through Out-of-State Grand Jury
  • DJ Names Jenny Yelin a Top Labor and Employment Lawyer for 2026
  • Federal Court Grants Preliminary Approval to Settlement Agreement to Resolve Medical and Dental Care Claims in Class Action on Conditions at San Diego County Jail
  • RBGG Files Amicus Brief on Behalf of SF Public Defender Manohar Raju in Appeal of Contempt Fines
  • Ells and Grunfeld Once Again Named to DJ’s LIst of Top Women Lawyers in California
  • Disability and Patient Advocacy Groups File Federal Lawsuits in New York and Illinois for Landmark National Campaign Against Assisted Suicide Laws
  • RBGG’s Lisa Ells Ranked by Chambers USA for Appellate Law
  • ACLU Report Co-Authored by RBGG Illustrates Human Toll of ICE’s Unprecedented Transfer of Immigrant Detainees to Alaska Prison
  • Settlement Agreement to Resolve Medical and Dental Care Claims in Class Action on Conditions at San Diego County Jail Is Approved by Board
  • Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction on Behalf of HRDC in First Amendment Case Against County of Riverside
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