USA Today Editorial: Court Secrecy Kills
photo credit: loonyhiker via photopin cc By Leslie BaileyStaff Attorney &
photo credit: loonyhiker via photopin cc By Leslie BaileyStaff Attorney &
A degraded watershed in central Appalachia. First-of-its-kind agreement forces cleanup of conductivity pollution in West Virginia A coalition of environmental groups represented by Public Justice and Appalachian Mountain Advocates has reached a settlement with two Appalachian coal mining companies that breaks new ground by requiring…
photo credit: WisconsinJobsNow via photopin cc By Victoria NiManaging Attorney In a significant victory for workers who’ve suffered wage theft, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court yesterday upheld an almost $188 million jury verdict against retail behemoth Walmart for failing to pay a class of employees for…
photo credit: Alphast via photopin cc By Victoria NiManaging Attorney & Leah NichollsStaff Attorney More good news for port truck drivers fighting for their rights and fighting against arbitration clauses: another group of drivers has succeeded in striking down their company’s alleged arbitration clause. This preserves…
photo credit: much ado about nothing via photopin cc By Leah NichollsStaff Attorney Today, the U.S. Supreme Court held 9-0 that employees who work at Amazon.com warehouses can’t get paid for the time they spend waiting in long security lines and going through security at…
Public Justice is spotlighting two of its programs this December: our ongoing campaign in defense of the right of everyone to have their day in court when they have been harmed and our litigation holding school districts that fail to stop pervasive bullying in their schools accountable. A2J…
photo credit: Tulane Publications via photopin cc By Adele Kimmel Senior Attorney I am pissed off. It’s now clear that Rolling Stone failed to vet the facts in its explosive article describing Jackie’s gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity, and the victim’s veracity is…
The house where the assault took place. Image via KSHB. By