March 2020

March 30, 2020 In Blog Access to Justice

Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied: Courts Should Allow Remote Depositions During the COVID-19 Crisis

By Paul Bland Executive Director Many people have reacted heroically during the COVID-19 crisis, caring for others (sometimes at great risk to themselves) and showing humanity and kindness. But, unfortunately, the crisis seems to have brought out the worst in some other people. Specifically, some…

March 25, 2020 In Blog Civil Rights & Liberties, Consumers' Rights

Launching a New Challenge to Texas’ Unconstitutional Drone Statute

By Leah Nicholls Senior Attorney On Friday, Public Justice client the National Press Photographers Association filed an amicus brief in a case in Victoria, Texas, urging the local district court to hold that the Texas statute governing use of drones violates the First Amendment of…

March 24, 2020 In Blog Consumers' Rights

Being Arrested Doesn’t Take Away Your Consumer Rights

Appeals Court Deals a Blow to the Prison-Industrial Complex By Karla Gilbride Cartwright-Baron Staff Attorney On any given day in the United States, some 2.3 million people are locked up between state and federal prisons, local and county jails, and immigration detention centers. That’s more…

March 19, 2020 In Blog Access to Justice, Federal Preemption

Fighting to Protect Injury Victims from Roundup, the Cancer-Causing Weedkiller that Monsanto Just Can’t Quit

By Leslie Brueckner Senior Attorney “[We] cannot say that Roundup does not cause cancer [because] we have not done carcinogenicity studies with Roundup.” That’s what Monsanto toxicologist and chief glyphosate spokesperson Donna Farmer said in 2009 about the risks of Roundup, Monsanto’s best-selling weedkiller. Six…

Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied: Courts Should Allow Remote Depositions During the COVID-19 Crisis