Amicus Briefs
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Through its litigation initiatives, Legal Momentum has made historic and enduring contributions to the rights and opportunities available to women. This is often accomplished through participation in cases as amicus curiae ("friend of the court"). Amici are groups or individuals who are not parties to the case but have particular expertise in the issues at its heart. They bring their expertise to the court in the form of an amicus brief to inform the court’s deliberations. Each year Legal Momentum writes and joins numerous amicus briefs in cases dealing with issues central to our mission.
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Violence Against Women and GirlsDomestic Violence and Children | Parental RightsJoined Amicus Brief: Concerned child custody given the father despite his proven violent behaviors.
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Fairness in the CourtsLGBTQ+ RightsJoined Amicus Brief: Determined if the First Amendment justifies a commercial business’s refusal to serve a customer in a protected group.
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Workplace Equality and Economic EmpowermentJoined Amicus Brief: Defended the policy of prohibiting employers from using applicants’ prior pay to determine compensation, in hopes of reducing the wage gap.
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Human TraffickingChild AbuseAuthored Amicus Brief: The First Circuit held that Backpage was protected from liability for aiding the Petitioners’ sexual exploitation as minors, even though the Petitioners persuasively alleged that Backpage took an active role in shaping the content of the ads and deliberately tailored its website to “make sex trafficking easier.”
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Fairness in the Courts | Violence Against Women and GirlsJoined Amicus Brief: Determined whether the Lautenberg amendment applies to individuals convicted of a "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" with "recklessness" mens rea.
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Workplace Equality and Economic EmpowermentReproductive RightsJoined Amicus Brief: At question was whether religious non-profits with an objection to providing contraception to women should have to actively opt out of doing so.
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Workplace Equality and Economic EmpowermentReproductive RightsJoined Amicus Brief: Determined whether non-profit organizations that have religious objections to contraception have the right to exclude coverage of contraception in their group health insurance plans.
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Violence Against Women and Girls | Workplace Equality and Economic EmpowermentImmigrationAuthored Amicus Brief: Concerning an appeal seeking to enforce the confidentiality protections available under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) for individuals who apply for U-visas and T-visas.
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Workplace Equality and Economic EmpowermentPublic Benefits and PovertyAuthored Amicus Brief: The case concerns whether long-term home health care workers employed by third-party agencies are entitled to the federal minimum wage and overtime.
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Fairness in the CourtsPublic Benefits and PovertyJoined Amicus Brief: Addresses whether tax credits mandated under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) apply in states that did not establish an ACA health insurance marketplace.
