Blog Archive : August 2010

Chicago, IL, August 18, 2010 – It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of recent and longtime Executive Director Clyde E. Murphy. We learned today that Mr. Murphy passed away suddenly at home on August 17, 2010. As the head of the public interest law consortium of Chicago’s leading law firms, Mr. Murphy led the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for 15 years through a perio...

On 8/18/10 the Chicago Commission on Human Relations affirmed its Hearing Officer's liability and damages ruling. CLC represented a Mexican kitchen worker who was harassed on account of her age, gender and national origin. The CCHR opinion states that the restaurant owner "engaged in repeated and flagrant disregard of the Complainant's right to work under conditions fre...