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Simpson Thacher has joined the ACLU of Louisiana’s litigation campaign to challenge racially discriminatory policing practices. The Firm is among 18 leading law firms who have signed on as part of the “Justice Lab: Putting Racist Policing on Trial” initiative which seeks to bring up to 1,000 cases in Louisiana challenging racially-motivated stops and seizures under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments, and any other applicable laws. By focusing intensive efforts on a single state, Justice Lab aims to test the impact that litigation can have on police conduct. Law360 reported on the initiative.

Joining the “Justice Lab” initiative follows Simpson Thacher’s recent pro bono work alongside the ACLU and ACLU of Mississippi in securing a groundbreaking, first-of-its-kind consent decree in Brown v. Madison County that will help to prevent Mississippi’s Madison County Sheriff’s Department from engaging in racially motivated policing practices.

The Simpson Thacher team includes Jon Youngwood, Janet Gochman, Isaac Rethy, Nihara Choudhri and Abigail Dugan.