The long arc of U.S. civil rights history should allow a lawsuit over the June 1 clash between police and protesters at Lafayette Square to continue, a group of professors told a federal judge in Washington.

Three workers and an attorney suing State Street Bank & Trust Co. for alleged sex and age bias must reimburse the bank for legal fees and expenses it’s tallied in pursuing discovery because of repeated Covid-19 and other delays, the Southern District of New York said.

As a record amount of venture capital flows into the fintech industry, female entrepreneurs are lagging behind their male counterparts in attracting funding.

The incoming Biden administration’s focus on environmental justice and climate change is expected to shift the emphasis in Superfund cleanups as well.

Banks that see a 10% or more drop in lending and investment to low- and moderate-income neighborhoods would get a reduced Community Reinvestment Act rating under a proposal from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Christian Smalls says in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, he and dozens of workers of color at an Amazon fulfillment center on Staten Island weren’t able to social distance and continued to work close together even after a co-worker contracted the coronavirus.