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Tuesday, April 04, 2023

News 12: Lieb at Law Files Complaint Against Major Long Island School for Race Discrimination

News 12 interviews Attorney Andrew Lieb on case where teacher made discriminatory comments to student. 




Monday, April 03, 2023

Court TV: Attorney Andrew Lieb Talking About Former President Trump Being Charged With A Crime

Attorney Andrew Lieb joined Court TV to provide an update on Trump and what to expect for his political future. 



Disparate Impact Discrimination Rule Adopted by HUD for Housing Discrimination

Unintentional discrimination is still discrimination and can result in serious penalties in a lawsuit so long as the effects of actions cause a discriminatory result. 

In the sale, rental, or financing of dwellings and in other housing-related activities, HUD has clarified, by 24 CFR 100, its Rule to evaluate a case, which is effective on May 1, 2023. 

The Rule sets forth how our government analyzes a Title VIII Fair Housing Act case and looks back to reinstate HUD's 2013 rule, titled "Implementation of the Fair Housing Act's Discriminatory Effects Standard." Under the rule, discrimination occurs through "facially neutral practices with an unjustified discriminatory effect." To understand whether there is an unjustified discriminatory effect, the Rule requires "a burden-shifting test," as follows:
  1. The plaintiff or charging party is first required to prove as part of the prima facie showing that a challenged practice caused or predictably will cause a discriminatory effect;
  2. if the plaintiff or charging party makes this prima facie showing, the defendant or respondent must then prove that the challenged practice is necessary to achieve one or more substantial, legitimate, nondiscriminatory interests of the defendant or respondent; and 
  3. if the defendant or respondent meets its burden at step two, the plaintiff or charging party may still prevail by proving that the substantial, legitimate, nondiscriminatory interests supporting the challenged practice could be served by another practice that has a less discriminatory effect.

As a result, defendants now have much greater exposure to liability than they had under the 2020 Rule, which has been revoked by this new Final Rule even though it was never enforced or went into effect during the Trump era. 



Friday, March 31, 2023

Scripps News: Attorney Andrew Lieb, Legal Political Analyst Joins Panel Talking About Former President Trump Being Indicted

Attorney Andrew Lieb joined the panel on Scripps News to analyze Trump's indictment. Discussed campaign finances, falsifying business records & labeling of legal fees & potential jail time Trump could be facing.


Thursday, March 30, 2023

FOX LiveNOW: Attorney Andrew Lieb Talking About Mike Pence Being Order To Testify In Trump Jan 6 Probe

Attorney Andrew Lieb joins FOX to provide an analysis about Mike Pence being ordered to testify in #donaldtrump Jan 6th probe.



Friday, March 24, 2023

FOX LiveNOW: Attorney Andrew Lieb, Legal Political Analyst Talking About TikTok CEO Testimony

Attorney Andrew Lieb, Legal Political Analyst Talking About TikTok CEO Testimony on LiveNow From FOX.



FOX LiveNOW: Attorney Andrew Lieb Talking About Trump Grand Jury Being Cancelled

Attorney Andrew Lieb explains on FOX LiveNOW why Trump's Grand Jury was cancelled this week 




Thursday, March 23, 2023

EEOC Reports That They Recovered Record High Amount of $513 Million in Compensation for Victims of Discrimination in 2022

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently released its 2022 Annual Performance Report, revealing that it collected a record-breaking $513 million in compensation for victims of discrimination. This amount was collected from 65,000 charges of discrimination, which resulted in 91 lawsuits in federal court. The majority of these charges were based on allegations of sex and retaliation discrimination, followed by disability, race, national origin, age, and religion.


Most importantly, discrimination charges were up almost 20% year-over-year.




CBS NY: All Eyes On NYC To See If Former President Trump Will Be Indicted. Analysis With Attorney Andrew Lieb

All Eyes On NYC To See If Former President Trump Will Be Indicted. Analysis  on CBS NY With Attorney Andrew Lieb




FOX LiveNOW: Attorney Andrew Lieb, Legal Political Commentator Talking About Trump Being Arrested or Not

Attorney Andrew Lieb, Legal Political Commentator Talking About Trump Being Arrested or Not.