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Hinduism in public schools

CHICAGO — A federal court in Illinois partially granted a former high school student’s motion to certify a class of all students who participated in Chicago Public Schools’ “Quiet Time program” between 2015 and 2019. The student has sufficiently alleged that the program was presented as being secular, but featured “hidden” Hindu religious elements, such as chanting Sanskrit mantras that honored Hindu deities and were not “meaningless,” as the student was told.

Strikebreaking

CHICAGO — A federal court in Illinois denied an excavation company’s motion to dismiss a union’s complaint, which aims to enforce two arbitration awards stemming from the company’s hiring of strikebreakers in violation of a collective bargaining agreement. The union has sufficiently alleged its claims, so they survive dismissal.

Privacy in the record

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A federal court in New York partially seals personal information disclosed in prior motions to quash and for protective orders, which included the defendants’ social security numbers and corporate bank account information. Some filings are sealed entirely, while others can be refiled with redactions; still more others will remain public because the defendants waived their privacy rights by including the information on motions that remained on the docket for months without taking appropriate action.

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