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05/16/06 |
TLPJ
Launches Special Project To Preserve Class Actions:
Corporations Banning Class
Actions To Avoid Accountability for Cheating and
Discriminating Against Consumers and Employees |
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03/07/06 |
150 More Crowley Inmates Who
Did Not Join Riot Sue Prison Operator for Negligence, Inhumane
Treatment: TLPJ Joins
Second Major Suit Against Corrections Corporation of America for
Sparking Riot and Mistreating Inmates Who Did Not Participate in
Riot |
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02/28/06 |
Trial Lawyers
for Public Justice News Alert: TLPJ Challenges Class Action Ban
Before Washington Supreme Court |
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02/13/06 |
Consumer
Challenging Class Action Ban Before New Jersey Supreme Court:
Corporations Seeking 'Free Pass' for Exorbitant Interest Charges |
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01/05/06 |
Court Urged To Strike Down Proposed Netflix Class Action
Settlement in Deceptive Advertising Case: TLPJ Challenges Nearly
Worthless Coupons That Steer Customers into Higher-Priced Movie
Rental Club Memberships |
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11/28/05 |
TLPJ
to Argue Key Federal Preemption, Arbitration Case Before Supreme
Court: Class Action Seeks to Hold Buckeye Check Cashing
Accountable for Charging Consumers Illegal Interest Rates |
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11/03/05 |
TLPJ
Wins Public Access to Scathing Decision Revealing Destruction of
Evidence by Honda and Expert Witness in Auto Safety Case |
|
10/12/05 |
TLPJ
Executive Director Arthur Bryant Receives Justice Michael
Musmanno Award from Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association |
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10/05/05 |
Florida A&M
University Reinstates Women's Swimming and Diving Team After
TLPJ Threatens Title IX Sex Discrimination Suit |
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09/20/05 |
TLPJ
Challenges Sweeping Court Order That Seals Decision Sanctioning
Expert Witness and Honda for Evidence Tampering: Honda and Other
Major Auto Makers Now Relying on Extraordinary Secrecy Order to
Bar Questioning of Same Expert in Other Crash Cases |
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08/25/05 |
Female Scientist Sues
Federally Funded Southwest Research Institute for Sex
Discrimination: TLPJ Joins Lawsuit Filed by Geoscientist Against
Institute for Denying Equal Pay and Promotion Opportunities |
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08/24/05 |
Inmates
Sue Corrections Corporation of America for Negligence That
Sparked Riot, Excessive Force, and Inhumane Treatment of Those
Who Did Not Join in Riot: National Public Interest Law Firm
Joins Plaintiffs’ Colorado Trial Team |
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08/09/05 |
Maryland’s High Court Rules Mortgage Brokers Cannot Hide Behind
Federal Law To Avoid Liability for Illegal Fees: TLPJ Hails
Decision as Major Victory for Consumers |
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07/27/05 |
West Virginia, Ohio Attorneys Win 2005 Trial Lawyer of the Year
Award for Settlement Holding DuPont Accountable for C8 Pollution |
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07/26/05
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Noted California Attorney Thomas Dempsey Elected President of
The TLPJ Foundation
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07/13/05
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2005
Trial Lawyer of the Year Award Finalists Announced
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06/27/05
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California
Supreme Courts Holds That
Corporations Cannot Ban Class Actions: TLPJ
Hails Ruling as Victory for Access to Justice
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06/23/05
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Mexican
Man Sues Jail Over Substandard Housing and Medical Care That Led
to Leg Amputation: TLPJ
Joins Plaintiff’s Colorado Trial Team
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06/09/05
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Assumption
College
Reinstates Track and Field Teams After TLPJ Threatens Sex
Discrimination Lawsuit: School Avoids Title IX Suit Over
Elimination of Women’s Teams
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05/27/05
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LegalMatch
and TLPJ to Address Potential Environmental Cases Nationwide:
LegalMatch will Provide Potential Environmental Law Cases to
TLPJ
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05/05/05
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TLPJ
and Missouri Citizens Sue St. Louis and Airport for Illegal
Asbestos Removal: Group Seeks
Injunction, Penalties, and Cleanup
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04/28/05
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Smith
& Wesson Settles Lawsuit for Defectively Designing and
Failing to Childproof Gun: Gun's Design Led to Eight-Year-Old's
Brain Injury
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02/25/05
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Groups
Launch Nationwide Effort to Stop Use of Binding Mandatory
Arbitration Clauses: Campaign Includes Educational Web Sites,
Call for State and Federal Legislation, Tools to Empower
Consumers
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02/07/05
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Card
Issuers Use Rubber-Stamp Arbitration to Rush Debts into Default
Judgments: Consumers Are Blind-Sided by Fast-Tracking of
Disputes, Amid Evidence of Arbitrators' Bias
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01/27/05
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Kentucky
Groups Sue U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for Permitting Coal
Companies to Destroy More Than 35 Miles of Kentucky Streams: 'Streamlined'
Permit Violates Clean Water Act, Groups Say
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01/25/05
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Florida Supreme
Court Rules That Borrowers Cannot Be Forced to Arbitrate Challenge to Payday
Loan Contract: TLPJ Successfully Argues That Court Must Decide Whether Payday
Loan Agreement is Legal Before Enforcing Agreement’s Arbitration Clause
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01/15/05
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TLPJ Notifies St. Louis Airport
of Imminent Lawsuit for Illegal Asbestos Removal: Local Citizens Seek Injunction,
Penalties, and Cleanup for Over 300 Asbestos-Laden Buildings Demolished Using
Experimental ‘Wet Method’
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01/10/05
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TLPJ
Achieves Landmark Settlement in Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
Against National Civic Organization: Fraternal Order of Eagles
to Admit Massachusetts Women as Members
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12/13/04
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NPR's
'Justice Talking': A Nationally Broadcast Debate on Limiting
Lawsuits, Featuring TLPJ's Arthur Bryant
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12/06/04
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TLPJ
Launches Nationwide Access to Justice Campaign
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10/26/04
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Court
Urged to Strike Down Second Proposed Bell Atlantic-Maryland
Class Action Settlement: Class Counsel Would Claim $12.5 Million
of $26 Million Fund in Late Fee Case
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09/16/04
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TLPJ
Challenges Proposed Class Action Settlement Against Financial
Giant Accused of Predatory Lending and Home Mortgage Fraud:
Objections Charge that Forced Settlement of Class Members’
Punitive Damages Claims Violates Their Constitutional Right to
Opt Out
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07/28/04
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Consumers
File Class Action Lawsuits Against Three of North Carolina’s
Largest Payday Lenders: Lawsuits Charge Lenders with Exploiting
Poor Consumers by Charging High Interest Rates up to 500 Percent
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07/27/04
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Revised
Bell Atlantic-Maryland Class Action Settlement Could Let Class
Counsel Get $12.5 Million of $26 Million Class Recovery: TLPJ
Will Continue to Challenge Settlement That First Gave Class
Members Less Than $200,000 and Class Counsel $13 Million
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07/22/04
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EPA
Won’t Approve Dangerous Asbestos Demolition Experiment in Fort
Worth: Community Opposition, Whistleblowers, and TLPJ and NRDC
Disclosures Protect Public Health
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07/06/04
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Colorado
Attorneys Win 2004 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award for 23-Year
Battle: Historic Pro Bono Battle Vindicated Hispanic
Ranchers' Rights in Lobato v. Taylor
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07/05/04
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Prominent Illinois Attorney Jeffrey M. Goldberg Elected
2004-2005 TLPJ President |
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05/25/04
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Leaks
Reveal EPA Employees' Outrage Over Fort Worth's Asbestos Removal
Experiment: Public Health Experts and Environmental Advocates
Decry Demolition Proposal as Public Health Threat
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05/24/04
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2004
Trial Lawyer of the Year Award Finalists Named
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05/17/04
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TLPJ
Charges National Arbitration Forum with Violating CA Disclosure
Law: California Legislator and Consumer Group File Lawsuit to
Force Company to Disclose Information on Outcome and Cost of
Arbitrations
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05/12/04
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TLPJ
and Ohio Residents Sue to Reduce Toxic Pollution from State's
Largest Power Plant: Residents Report Health Effects from
Coal-Fired Power Plant Emissions
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05/10/04
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TLPJ
and Disability Rights Advocates File Lawsuit in Federal
Court for Discrimination Against Disabled Military Family
Members: Class Action Charges Private Contractor with Violating
Housing Discrimination Laws
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05/04/04
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TLPJ
Achieves Settlement in Sex Discrimination Lawsuit Against West
Chester University for Violating Title IX: University Agrees to
Reinstate Women’s Gymnastics Team Permanently
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04/12/04
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TLPJ
Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Protect the Constitution During the
War on Terrorism
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01/23/04
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Seattle
to Pay WTO Protesters for Wrongful Arrest: Settlement Follows
Court’s Ruling That Police Lacked Probable Cause for Mass
Arrests Outside of 'No Protest Zone'
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01/23/04
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NJ
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Public Can Seek Access to
Illegally Sealed Documents About Tire Safety: Lower Court Barred
Public from Seeking Goodyear Tire Documents Sealed Though
Disclosure Could ‘Save Lives and Limbs’
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12/30/03
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Federal
Appeals Court Upholds Rights of Consumers Who Opted Out of
Nationwide Class Action Settlement with Insurer: TLPJ
Successfully Argued That Opt-Out Litigants Have Right to Own Day
in Court Against MetLife
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11/20/03
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California
Regents Approve Settlement in Gender Discrimination Class Action
Against Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Lab to Change
Procedures, Pay Over $10.6 Million, and Provide Fair Pay and
Promotions for Thousands of Female Employees
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11/18/03
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Maryland
Court Rejects Consumer Class Action Settlement That Would Have
Paid $13 Million to Lawyers, Under $200,000 to Class: Court
Criticizes Notice to Class That Did Not Mention Attorneys’
Fees
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11/12/03
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TLPJ
Wins Injunction in Sex Discrimination Lawsuit Against West
Chester University for Violating Title IX: Federal
Court in Philadelphia Orders Immediate Reinstatement
of WCU Women’s Gymnastics Team
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10/30/03
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High
School Students and Textbook Author Charge Texas State Board of
Education Officials with Censorship: TLPJ Files First Amendment
Lawsuit Against Board Members for Rejecting Environmental
Science Textbook
|
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10/23/03
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Groups
Sue Army Corps of Engineers Over Mountaintop Removal Permits
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10/06/03
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California
Phone Customers Win Right to Sue Telephone Titan AT&T: U.S.
Supreme Court Refuses to Overturn Ruling Rejecting Private
Arbitration System as Unfair, One-Sided
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09/24/03
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TLPJ
Wins Battle with Chevy Chase Bank Over Credit Cardholders' Right
to Sue for Excessive Rate Hikes: Maryland High Court Rules that
Federal Law Does Not Preempt Cardholders’ Claims
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09/04/03
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Women
Athletes Charge West Chester University with Sex Discrimination:
TLPJ Files Title IX Lawsuit Seeking Reinstatement of WCU
Women’s Gymnastics Team
|
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08/11/03
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ABA
Honors Arthur Bryant with Pursuit of Justice Award
|
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07/28/03
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Fourteen
Lawyers in Two Exceptional Cases Win 2003 Trial Lawyer of the
Year Award: Two California Trial Teams Share Award for Civil
Rights Victory in Estate of Judi Bari and Marianas
Sweatshop Settlement Protecting Workers’ Rights
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07/22/03
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California
Attorney J. Gary Gwilliam Elected 2003-2004 President of The
TLPJ Foundation
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06/20/03
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Federal
Appeals Court Overturns Decision Denying Public Access to
Discovery and Court Records in State Farm Case: District Court
to Decide Whether Insurance Fraud Documents Can be Made Public
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06/16/03
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2003
Trial Lawyer of the Year Award Finalists Announced
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06/11/03
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TLPJ
and Auto Safety Group Seek to Preserve and Unseal Court Records
in Goodyear Tire Safety Case: Court Asked to Stop Goodyear From
Destroying Potentially Damaging Court Records
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06/09/03
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U.S.
Supreme Court Affirms Vietnam Veterans’ Right to Sue for
Injuries Caused by Agent Orange: TLPJ Successfully Urged Court
to Uphold Victims’ Right to Day in Court
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06/03/03
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Maryland
HMO Must Pay for Illegally Double-Billing Its Members: Proof of
Damages Complicated by Columbia Medical Plan’s Widespread
Destruction of Evidence
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06/03/03
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TLPJ
Wins Victory on Behalf of Disabled Business Owner Against
Lloyd’s of London: CA Appeals Court Slams Insurance Giant’s
Effort to Force Arbitration as Illegal Denial of Right to
Trial
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04/18/03
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Abraham
Fuchsberg, TLPJ Foundation Board Member, Passes Away
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03/27/03
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U.S.
Supreme Court Confirms Constitutionality of Legal Services
Funding for the Poor: TLPJ Joined Amicus Brief
Successfully Urging Court to Reject Fifth Amendment Challenge to
IOLTA Program
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02/26/03
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Trial
Set for Gender Discrimination Class Action Against National
Security Lab: Thousands of Female Employees Seek Fair Pay and
Promotions at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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02/25/03
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Massachusetts
Women Charge National Civic Organization with Sex Discrimination:
TLPJ Files Lawsuit against Fraternal Order of Eagles, Seeking
Membership, Benefits, and Full Voting Rights for Women
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02/11/03
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Federal
Appeals Court Affirms TLPJ’s Victory on Behalf of California
Long Distance Customers against AT&T: Court Slams Phone
Giant’s Arbitration Clause as Unconscionable and Unenforceable
Under California Consumer Protection Law
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12/17/02
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Notice to WTO Protestors:
Certification of Class Action. This notice may affect the
rights of all individuals arrested during a WTO protest on
December 1, 1999, at or near the intersections of First Avenue
and Broad Street or First Avenue and Clay Street in Seattle,
Washington. Please read
it carefully.
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12/03/02
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U.S.
Supreme Court Holds That Injury Victims May Sue Boat Engine
Manufacturers for Failure to Install Propeller Guards: TLPJ
Beats Back Federal Preemption of Boat Safety Claims
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10/15/02
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U.S.
Supreme Court Hears Boat Propeller Guard Case: TLPJ Battles
Federal Preemption of Boat Safety Claims
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| 10/08/02 |
U.S.
Supreme Court to Hear TLPJ Boat Propeller Guard Case: Fight
Against Federal Preemption of Injury Victims' Rights Continues |
| 10/04/02 |
KY
Federal Court Halts Steel Mill Pollution and Appoints Special
Master to Enforce Compliance Under Clean Air Act: Gallatin
Steel and Harsco Corporation Found Liable for Acting
"Willfully, Wantonly and Oppressively" in Air
Pollution Case |
| 09/30/02 |
Federal
Court Upholds Right of Plaintiffs Who Opted Out of Nationwide
Class Action Settlement to Pursue Individual Claims: TLPJ
Convinces Court to Reject Injunction in MetLife Case on Behalf
of Opt-Outs |
| 09/19/02 |
TLPJ
Files Comment with U.S. District Court for the District of
South Carolina in Support of Local Rule Amendment Which Would
Prohibit the Sealing of Settlement Agreements Filed with the
Court |
| 08/30/02 |
Maryland Court of Appeals Says Legislature Cannot Retroactively Strip Consumers’ Rights in HMO Double-Billing Case: TLPJ Successfully Challenges Constitutionality of Retroactive Law Allowing Double Billing |
| 08/27/02 |
George Washington University Students Win Contraceptive Coverage in University Health Plan: GWU Changes Policy in Response to Demand Letter on Behalf of Female Students |
| 08/20/02 |
TLPJ Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Reject Corporate Attempts to Prevent Plaintiffs with Severe Personal Injuries from Recovering Emotional Distress Damages |
| 08/20/02 |
Court Affirms Individual Right to Sue of Plaintiffs Who Opted Out of MetLife National Class Action Settlement: TLPJ’s Objections Prompt Federal Magistrate Judge to Reverse Decision |
| 08/19/02 |
TLPJ Joins Suit Against Smith & Wesson for Defectively Designing and Failing to Child-Proof Gun: Gun Maker’s Negligence Leads to Eight-Year-Old’s Brain Injury
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| 07/24/02 |
"Now with Bill Moyers" to Highlight TLPJ's Battle Against Mountaintop Mining on PBS: Broadcast Slated for Friday, August 2, at 9:00 p.m. EST/PST on PBS Stations Nationwide |
| 07/24/02 |
Isaac Byrd of Mississippi, Armand Derfner of South Carolina, Bob Pressman of Massachusetts, and Alvin Chambliss of Texas Win 2002 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award |
| 07/23/02 |
Washington State Attorney Paul L. Stritmatter Elected President of The TLPJ Foundation
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| 07/18/02 |
James B. Browne, TLPJ Foundation Board Member, Passes Away |
| 07/11/02 |
New Jersey Court Orders 14 Goodyear Tire Documents Unsealed in Rollover Case |
| 07/08/02 |
2002 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award Finalists Announced |
| 06/24/02 |
TLPJ’S Threat of Title IX Suit Prompts University of Northern Iowa to Reinstate Women's Athletic Teams: School Rescinds Decision to Eliminate Women’s Tennis and Swimming/Diving |
| 06/20/02 |
Kentucky Citizens Win Major Victory in Air Pollution Suit Against Slag Dumping Operation: Federal Judge Orders Harsco Corporation to Contain Fugitive Slag Dust |
| 06/14/02 |
West Virginia's Highest Court Holds That a Corporation May Not Use Arbitrators Who Rely on the Corporation for Income: Court Finds Arbitration Clause Biased and Unfair |
| 06/14/02 |
West Virginia's Highest Court Holds That Arbitration Clauses Cannot Be Used to Eliminate Consumers' Rights: Court Strikes Down Arbitration Clause That Banned Punitive Damages Awards and Consumer Class Actions |
| 06/05/02 |
TLPJ Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Reject Corporate Attempts to Massively Expand Federal Courts’ Jurisdiction: Amicus Briefs in Two Cases Seek to Preserve State Courts' Role |
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| 06/04/02 |
New TLPJ Site Wins Design Awards and Draws Media Attention: National Law Journal Names TLPJ Site 'Web Site of the Week' |
| 05/29/02 |
TLPJ Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold Power of Courts to Adjudicate Threshold Contract Issues Under the Federal Arbitration Act |
| 05/14/02 |
Farmworker Pesticide Poisoning Suit Settles: Lawsuit Against Manufacturer of Phosdrin Exposed Outrageous Conduct and Made Important New Law |
| 05/10/02 |
TLPJ Obtains EPA Slide Show Documenting Environmental Destruction Caused by Mountaintop Removal Mining |
| 05/09/02 |
Federal Court Bars Companies Nationwide from Filling Streams With Waste: Judge Overturns Waste Rule Issued Last Friday by Bush Administration to Facilitate Mountaintop Removal Mining |
| 04/29/02 |
Federal Judge Holds AT&T’s Mandatory Arbitration Clause Unconscionable and Unenforceable: TLPJ's Co-Lead Counsel Named San Francisco's
2002 Trial Lawyers of the Year |
| 04/29/02 |
TLPJ files amicus brief arguing that federal law does not preempt a plaintiff's common law tort claims that a Volkswagen vehicle was defectively designed because it did not include a manual lap belt. (Hernandez-Gomez v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.) |
| 04/01/02 |
TLPJ Takes Boat Propeller Guard Case to U.S. Supreme Court: Fight Against Federal Preemption of Injury Victims' Rights Continues |
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| 02/19/02 |
Nominations Sought for Nationally Prestigious Trial Lawyer of the Year Award |
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| 02/04/02 |
Goodyear Recalls Some Tires Linked to Tread Separation Crashes and Deaths |
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| 01/24/02 |
Environmental Groups Sue Bush EPA over West Virginia's Weak Clean Water Policy |
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| 01/16/02 |
Federal Judge Holds AT&T's Mandatory Arbitration Clause Illegal, Unconscionable and Unenforceable |
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