News and Announcements: September 2012

News and Announcements: September 2012

October 22 Deadline to Submit Claim Form in Chicago Anti-war Class Action Lawsuit

Earlier this year Vodak v. City of Chicago, a class action lawsuit resulting from false arrests at a 2003 anti-war protest, settled for $6.2 Million.

After nine years of litigation, attorneys from the Chicago Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild scored a significant victory by settling the suit. The case is a class action on behalf of over 700 protestors who were falsely arrested or detained by Chicago police during an anti-war demonstration in 2003.

NLG Review Celebrates Founding Members

Continuing our 75th anniversary celebration, the latest issue of the NLG Review chronicles the lives and achievements of founding members including Charles Hamilton Houston, an architect of civil rights legal strategy and a mentor to Thurgood Marshall, Carol Weiss King, a powerful immigration lawyer whose clients included Harry Bridges, and Ferdinand Pecora, whose Great Depression push for Wall Street accountability led to the creation of the Security and Exchange Commission. Click here to read.

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