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NWLC works inside the courtroom to advance gender justice outside the courtroom, from litigating our own cases fighting sex discrimination to filing amicus briefs in others’ cases to protect and expand our rights, and to expand greater awareness of our legal protections that are on the line.

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Schools Are Liable for Failing to Address Alleged Sexual Harassment: Doe v. Fairfax County School Board

NWLC Files Brief in Support of Trans Students in Parents for Privacy v. Dallas School Dist. No. 2

Resource Collection: EEO-1 Pay Data Collection

In Huge Win, Federal Court Allows Birth Control Case Against Notre Dame and Trump to Proceed – One Day Before SCOTUS Sets Its Sights on Birth Control.

Federal Court Allows Challenge to Proceed Against Trump Administration and University of Notre Dame’s Back-Room Birth Control Agreement

NY Court Rules that Sexual Assault is Evidence of Gender-based Animus

NWLC Files Amicus Brief in DeOtte v. Azar

NWLC Argues as Amicus in Support of Black Women Workers in Sex Harassment Case before the California State Court of Appeal

Court Issues Blow to Health Care, Rules Individual Mandate of ACA is Unconstitutional

National Women’s Law Center Litigation Highlights – 2019

Abortion and Equality: What’s at Stake in the Supreme Court Case June Medical v. Gee

NWLC Submits Amicus Brief on Behalf of 72 Organizations in Supreme Court Case Deciding the Future of Abortion

NWLC Files Amicus Brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Support of June Medical Services

Settlement Approved in Miami-Dade County School Sexual Assault Lawsuit

Walmart Reaches $14 Million Preliminary Settlement Agreement with Pregnant Workers from 2013-2014

We Won Our Lawsuit: Another Loss for the Trump-Pence Administration, Another Victory for Patients’ Rights and the Rule of Law

Victory: Court Strikes Down Trump Administration’s Discriminatory Refusal of Care Rule

NWLC Joins Amicus Brief Regarding Maine Dept. of Education

Trump’s Refusal of Care Rule: We Took Him to Court, Here’s What You Need to Know

NWLC Joins Amicus Brief in National Coalition for Men, et al. v. Selective Service System

Reasons to Hold Onto Hope in the Three Recent LGBTQ Workers’ Rights Cases at the Supreme Court

Courts Halt Final “Public Charge” Rule

Report: The Hobby Lobby “Minefield” In The Trump Era: Continued Harm, Misuse, And Unwarranted Expansion

NWLC Files Amicus Brief in Appeal of Workplace Sexual Harassment Claims