October 2013 - Public Justice

October 29, 2013 In Blog

CHEATED AGAIN: NEW FORCED-ARBITRATION DECISION WIPES AWAY CRUCIAL CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW

By Paul Bland, Senior Attorney Twitter: @pblandbland California’s consumer protection laws are often thought of as some of the best in the nation, and one reason for that is that they provide great remedies for broad, systemic public injunctive relief. For example, say a company…

October 22, 2013 In Blog

Jury Trials – Not Arbitration – Find the Truth, as Jamie Leigh Jones Case Shows

By Paul Bland, Senior Attorney Many recall the enormous amount of national publicity that surrounded the allegations of a KBR-Halliburton employee in Iraq named Jamie Leigh Jones. Jamie testified in both houses of Congress, made several television appearances, was prominently featured in the documentary Hot…

October 17, 2013 In Blog Anti-Bullying

Girls Charged with Felony in Suicide of Bullied 12-Year-Old: Why Civil Litigation Is a Better Approach

by Adele Kimmel, Managing Attorney Two girls, ages 12 and 14, have been criminally charged with a felony in the tragic case of Rebecca Ann Sedwick, a 12-year-old Florida girl who committed suicide last month after enduring a year of online and face-to-face bullying. As…

October 11, 2013 In Updates

Public Justice to Argue in Supreme Court Against ERISA Statue of Limitations Injustice

Public Justice will argue before the Supreme Court next week on behalf of a disabled former Wal-Mart employee who was denied disability benefits, yet unable to file a lawsuit challenging that denial because of a catch-22 in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)…

October 9, 2013 In Blog

Will the Supreme Court Let Wal-Mart Block Its Workers’ Disability Claims Too?

By Arthur Bryant, Executive Director Two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court let Wal-Mart block its female workers’ sex discrimination claims in Wal-Mart v. Dukes by changing the rules governing class actions. Next Tuesday, Wal-Mart will ask the Court to block its workers’ long-term disability…