News: Civil Rights Litigation

Legal Aid and ECBAWM Win Court Order to Place NYC Jails Under Federal Receivership

May 13, 2025

Tufts doctoral student and ECBAWM client Rümeysa Öztürk is released from ICE custody

May 12, 2025

ECBAWM Files Petition Seeking Evidence in Homicide of Incarcerated Man at Fishkill Correctional Facility

May 9, 2025

ECBAWM Attorneys Richard Emery and Max Selver Publish NYLJ Article on Trump’s Attacks on Judges

May 2, 2025

Temporary Restraining Order Granted in ECBAWM Lawsuit Challenging Mayor Adams’ ICE at Rikers Plan

April 24, 2025

ECBAWM Client’s Conviction Vacated After serving 24 Years in Prison For A Crime He Did Not Commit

April 24, 2025

ECBAWM Files Civil Rights Lawsuit in California on Behalf of Ricky Godfrey, Who Was Wrongfully Convicted of Murder and Sentenced to Life in Prison

April 24, 2025

NYTimes details Murder Charges for Correction Officers involved in death of ECBAWM Client, Messiah Nantwi

April 17, 2025

ECBAWM Sana Mayat Speaks to TRT World About Firm’s $17.5 Million Settlement Against City of New York For NYPD’s Forced Removal of Hijabs and Religious Head Coverings

April 17, 2025

Employees of the U.S. Institute of Peace sue DOGE and Others to Prevent Administration from Shuttering It

April 14, 2025

ECBAWM Secures $1.2 Million Settlement for Matthew Raymond, Client Who Was Violently Assaulted in NYS Prison

April 8, 2025

ECBAWM Co-Counsel, CAIR-NY Publishes Op Ed on NYPD Removal of Hijabs

April 7, 2025

UPDATE: New York Federal Court Halts Dismantling of Voice of America

April 2, 2025

ECBAWM and Co-Counsel Sue Trump Administration to Stop Attempted Deportation of Lawful Permanent Resident; Court Issues Temporary Restraining Order

March 27, 2025

ECBAWM Represents Voice of America Journalists, Federal Workers and their Unions In Lawsuit against Kari Lake and Others In Challenge to Shutdown of U.S. Agency for Global Media

March 26, 2025