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• The Fact And How It Affects FCRA And Employment Investigations (The Vail Letter) ( March 2004 )
  Rod M. Fliegel and Ronald D. Arena of Littler Mendelson, P.C.

  On December 4, 2003, President Bush signed the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 . Title VI of the FACT nullifies the Vail letter by excluding misconduct investigations from the FCRA's more onerous provisions, including the need for the accused's advance consent to investigate. However, employers must be mindful of Title VI's scope limitations as well as new obligations regarding medical information.

• EPA Using Title VI Of Civil Rights Act Of 1964 ( December 1999 )
  Gerald H. Yamada of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

  The Client Alert considers interim guidance issued by the EPA in January 1998 explaining how the agency plans to investigate Title VI administrative complaints challenging pollution control permits alleged to have a disproportionate environmental impact on a minority population.

• Environmental Justice Highlights and Trends ( April 1999 )
  Gerald H. Yamada of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

  WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE? Environmental justice was first expressed during the early 1980s as "environmenta.

• Filing a Complaint Based on Disability Against an Air Carrier or an Airport ( March 1999 )
  U.S. Department of Transportation

  Instructions from the Department of Transportation on how to file a complaint based on disability against an air carrier or airport.

• Office for Civil Rights--Frequently Asked Questions with Answers ( March 1999 )
  Dept. of Health and Human Services

  Publication from the Department of Health and Human Services with answers to commonly asked questions regarding civil rights.

• Title VI and Education ( July 1998 )
  Education Dept. Inspector General Off. Investigation Office

  Publication from the Department of Education which describes the specific discriminatory actions prohibited under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act in federally funded programs or activities.

• How to File a Discrimination Complaint with the Office of Civil Rights ( July 1998 )
  Education Dept. Inspector General Off. Investigation Office

  Guide from the Department of Education (DOE) which outlines the process for submitting civil rights complaints against an educational institution that receives Federal financial assistance from the DOE and has discriminated against someone on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age.

• Civil Rights Forum: Fall 1996, Vol.10, No. 3 ( June 1997 )
  Department of Justice

  Report prepared by the Department of Justice on current civil rights issues.

• New Trends in Environmental Law: Environmental Justice ( September 1998 )
  Morrison & Foerster LLP

  This article concerns new rules proposed by the EPA which would mandate the new developments and project must consider and report effects of their projects on minority communities.

• RE: Action Alert, U.S. EPA Guidance, Challenges to Permits ( March 1998 )
  Dykema Gossett PLLC

  U.S. EPA recently took an action which could significantly impact environmental permits under federal laws even tho.