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Another hit against the Obama Administration's disparate impact crusade

October 08, 2013 | By JOSHUA THOMPSON

In previous posts, we have explained how the Obama Administration has been exploiting disparate impact theory in unprecedented ways.  There seems to be simply no possible avenue for American businesses, schools, governments, or employers to avoid being dragged into a disparate impact lawsuit.  Can you screen employees for criminal histories? Nop ...

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Good news in fight to end Michigan’s tax foreclosure abuse

November 29, 2018 | By CHRISTINA MARTIN

In 2011, PLF client Uri Rafaeli of Oakland County, Michigan, accidentally underpaid property taxes by $8. He paid all the following years’ taxes on time. But in 2014, after making his first tax payment for the year, he discovered that the County had foreclosed on his home to collect the $8 debt, plus about $277 … ...