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National may be liable for chapter’s failure after all

National may be liable for chapter’s failure after all

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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