Language Access Guidance Letter to State Courts from Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez
On Friday, July 23, 2010, Attorney General Eric Holder signed final regulations revising the Department’s ADA regulations, including its ADA Standards for Accessible Design. To learn more, go here.
Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez Speaks on Fair Lending and Fair Housing at the Brookings Institution
The Attorney General is considering amendments to the "Procedures for the Administration of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965." The proposed amendments are designed to clarify the scope of section 5 review based on recent amendments to section 5, make technical clarifications and updates, and provide better guidance to covered jurisdictions and minority citizens concerning current Department practices. Interested persons are invited to comment. View the proposed amendments here.
Matt Nosanchuk, Senior Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General, Speaks at the Texas Bar Association Annual Conference
Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez Speaks at the National Disability Rights Annual Conference in Los Angeles, CA
Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Announces the Justice Department's Independent Investigation of the New Orleans Police Department in a Letter to Mayor Mitch Landrieu
Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez Testifies at an Oversight Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee
Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez Speaks at the 2010 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium
Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez Speaks at the Anti Defamation League Luncheon
Returning servicemembers who have been wounded in combat can face great challenges if they must adjust to a new disability. The Civil Rights Division has created an easy-to-follow booklet designed to provide service members who have been seriously wounded with a general understanding of their rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act. View the booklet - (html) (pdf)
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