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[ August 7, 2026 ] In the Courts, More People Are Choosing to Represent Themselves as Pro-Se Litigants With the Help of AI Uncategorized
[ July 30, 2026 ] EEOC Sues United Healthcare Services For Refusal To Accommodate Employee With A Religious Exemption Requirement ADVOCATZ
[ July 26, 2026 ] NYC Department of Finance Employee Wins His Federal Case on Failure To Accommodate ADVOCATZ
[ July 19, 2026 ] Children’s Health Defense Calls Out FDA, CDC, For Not Monitoring or Reporting COVID Vaccine Safety Signals ADVOCATZ
[ July 17, 2026 ] Emails Discovered Via Freedom of Information Law Show Bad Faith and Collusion of NYC Government Against Unvaccinated City Workers Who Requested Religious Accommodation ADVOCATZ

In the Courts, More People Are Choosing to Represent Themselves as Pro-Se Litigants With the Help of AI

August 7, 2026 Betsy Combier 0

Federal courts examine case management as pro se filings rise Pro se cases now make up 27% of federal civil filings as litigants use AI to draft paperwork. Judges are updating intake workflows to handle […]

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In the Courts, More People Are Choosing to Represent Themselves as Pro-Se Litigants With the Help of AI August 8, 2026
Federal courts examine case management as pro se filings rise Pro se cases now make up 27% of federal civil filings as litigants use AI to draft paperwork. Judges are updating intake workflows to handle [...] The post In the Courts, More People Are Choosing to Represent Themselves as Pro-Se Litigants With the Help of […]
Betsy Combier
EEOC Sues United Healthcare Services For Refusal To Accommodate Employee With A Religious Exemption Requirement July 30, 2026
United Healthcare Services Sued by EEOC for Religious Discrimination Healthcare Provider Refused to Accommodate Telecommuter with Religious Exemption from COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement, Federal Agency Charges CLEVELAND – United Healthcare Services, Inc. (United) violated federal law [...] The post EEOC Sues United Healthcare Services For Refusal To Accommodate Employee With A Religious Exemption Requirement appeared first […]
Betsy Combier
NYC Department of Finance Employee Wins His Federal Case on Failure To Accommodate July 26, 2026
Cangro v. NYC Dep’t of Finance, No. 24-3004 (2d Cir. 2026) Full Name: Cangro v. NYC Dep’t of Finance Docket Number: 24-3004 Date: July 24, 2026 A longtime employee of the New York City Department of Finance, [...] The post NYC Department of Finance Employee Wins His Federal Case on Failure To Accommodate appeared first on Advocatz.
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Children’s Health Defense Calls Out FDA, CDC, For Not Monitoring or Reporting COVID Vaccine Safety Signals July 19, 2026
From Betsy Combier, Editor: I am personally sickened to read Dr. Anthony Fauci’s diaries recently opened to the public, and documentary evidence of a huge coverup by our government on the full scope of our government’s [...] The post Children’s Health Defense Calls Out FDA, CDC, For Not Monitoring or Reporting COVID Vaccine Safety Signals appeared […]
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Emails Discovered Via Freedom of Information Law Show Bad Faith and Collusion of NYC Government Against Unvaccinated City Workers Who Requested Religious Accommodation July 18, 2026
Illustration by Sidney Paget (1893). Governments like to keep secrets. One way people can uncover secret information from their government is by filing a Freedom of Information (“FOIL”) request for the information. Attorney Jimmy Wagner filed a [...] The post Emails Discovered Via Freedom of Information Law Show Bad Faith and Collusion of NYC Government Against Unvaccinated […]
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The Great Barrington Declaration and the COVID Vaccine Scam July 1, 2026
Dr. Anthony Fauci (pictured here and above) Dr. Anthony Fauci may be the man most hated in the history of the world. See: Children’s Health Defense Publishes Peer-Reviewed Paper Exposing Failure of FDA, CDC to [...] The post The Great Barrington Declaration and the COVID Vaccine Scam appeared first on Advocatz.
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U.S. Supreme Court Delivers Huge Win for Religious Exemptions For Amish Parents in New York State June 14, 2026
‘Checkmate’: U.S. Supreme Court Delivers Huge Win for Religious Exemptions by Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D, December 8, 2025 Miller, Joseph, et al., v. McDonald, Comm’r, et al. (ORDER LIST: 607 U.S.) MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2025 CERTIORARI [...] The post U.S. Supreme Court Delivers Huge Win for Religious Exemptions For Amish Parents in New York State appeared […]
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The Problem Code of the NYC Department of Education and the Extreme Secrecy of Katherine Rodi June 2, 2026
If you work for the New York City Department of Education, your fingerprints may be flagged for any reason, at any time, and you will not be told when, how, or why. See my website [...] The post The Problem Code of the NYC Department of Education and the Extreme Secrecy of Katherine Rodi appeared […]
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EEOC has held that the Civil Rights Act “permits a federal agency employer to maintain single-sex bathrooms May 17, 2026
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/eeoc-reverses-policy-on-single-sex-spaces-in-federal-buildings/ EEOC Reverses Policy on Single-Sex Spaces in Federal Buildings Published: March 9, 2026 More in: Federal Manager’s Daily Report The majority decision said that the law “is silent on the topic of single-sex bathrooms” and [...] The post EEOC has held that the Civil Rights Act “permits a federal agency employer to maintain single-sex bathrooms […]
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U.S. Supreme Court Rules On Whether a Retired Worker May Prevail On Disability-Based Discrimination Under Section 12112(a) of the ADA May 17, 2026
The Answer handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case brought by former firefighter Karyn Stanley, is “No”. In the case of Karyn Stanley v City of Sanford, the Supreme Court affirmed the [...] The post U.S. Supreme Court Rules On Whether a Retired Worker May Prevail On Disability-Based Discrimination Under Section 12112(a) […]
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