National may be liable for chapter’s failure after all
The national Council for American-Islamic Relations Action Network may be liable for the failures of the unlicensed “attorney” for a local chapter after all. The Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has reversed a trial court decision dismissing claims by individuals who were not served even though they had paid the “attorney” to help them. Morris Days began as a volunteer for the Maryland/Virginia chapter of CAIR in 2006 and was then paid as an independent contractor beginning in January 2007. He performed non-legal advocacy for individuals who alleged that they faced religious discrimination. The chapter was administered by Khalid Iqbal, who was also an employee of CAIR-...
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