A federal judge recently ruled in favor of our firm’s clients, the Al Haramain Islamic Foundation, Inc. and the Multicultural Association of Southern Oregon, and found that the government had violated their constitutional rights in the first successful challenge to the federal government’s designation program. Click here to view the Opinion [...]

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TOLEDO, OH – A federal judge today blocked the government from blacklisting an Ohio-based charity, KindHearts for Charitable Humanitarian Development, Inc., without further judicial review. In response to a request filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Ohio and several [...]

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The April 28, 2008 issue of The New Yorker has an article, “State Secrets: A Government Misstep in a Wiretapping Case,” by Patrick Radden Keefe. This article is about the government’s disclosure to our law firm of classified information that apparently disclosed the existence of the government’s warrantless wiretapping of attorney-client communications with several [...]

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DNC Discrimination Lawsuit

On January 23, 2008 By bandw

The print media and bloggers are continuing to cover the defamation and discrimination lawsuit filed against the Democratic National Committee and several of its officers. These articles discuss the ongoing controversy over the refusal of one witness to testify because she claims to be a resident of California since early 2005, even though [...]

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Philip Agee

On January 10, 2008 By bandw

Philip Agee, a former CIA officer and author, died earlier this month. Lynne Bernabei represented Mr. Agee in his defamation lawsuit against Barbara Bush, and successfully obtained a public apology from Ms. Bush, who also agreed that all future printings of her autobiography would not have any defamatory or untrue statements about Mr. Agee.

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The ACLU’s Man From the FBI

On October 12, 2006 By bandw

The Washington Post recently wrote about the Firm’s client, Michael German, who is contesting his constructive discharge from the Federal Bureau of Investigation as retaliation for complaining about the FBI’s handling of a terrorism investigation. A 17-year-veteran of the FBI, Mr. German now works for the American Civil Liberties Union legislative office, opposing the Administration’s [...]

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On August 8, 2006, the Bernabei Law Firm, along with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and local counsel Dale E. Williams filed a civil action in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Lake Charles Division, against a U.S. Department of Defense contractor and its subcontractor, for intentional [...]

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In employment cases, knowing how and when to release medical records keeps irrelevant information out of court and protects your client’s privacy. Read More…

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