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Women working at Disney, the world’s largest media company, have consistently been passed over for promotions and paid less than their male coworkers. This pattern was widespread, occurring throughout Disney’s many divisions and at every subsidiary Disney owned. According to an expert analysis, there is...

This is an appeal concerning sexual abuse at North Carolina State University. In 2016, the University’s senior associate athletic director received a report that an athletic trainer and administrator, Robert Murphy, was engaging in “sexual grooming” of male student-athletes. “Grooming” is behavior designed to prime...

Port Huron, St. Clair County, MI: Right 2 Hug Across the United States, hundreds of jails have eliminated in-person family visits over the last decade. The policy change has devastating consequences for the people who are incarcerated, for their children and loved ones, and for...

Flint, Genesee County, MI: Right 2 Hug Across the United States, hundreds of jails have eliminated in-person family visits over the last decade. The policy change has devastating consequences for the people who are incarcerated, for their children and loved ones, and for public safety...

This appeal arose out of a male instructor’s Title IX lawsuit alleging that Schoharie Central School District, in New York, discriminated against him based on his sex when it disciplined him for allegedly touching a student’s breasts and buttocks. Keith Schiebel was an independent contractor...

In this Title IX sexual harassment case, Public Justice successfully opposed a cert petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the matter. During middle school in Texas, “Jane Roe” started dating a classmate, “John Doe,” who physically and emotionally abused her. During their freshman...

Public Justice filed an amicus brief in this First Circuit appeal in support of the Plaintiff, Adrianna Wadsworth, who was sexually harassed as a high school student by her principal. Beginning in 2016, Medomak Valley High School principal Andrew Cavanaugh groomed and sexually harassed student...

This case is about whether injured investors can hold a publicly traded company accountable for securities fraud when it deliberately violates its duty to disclose material information in securities filings. Macquarie Infrastructure Corp (MIC) allegedly failed to disclose the long-term financial consequences it faced due...

Our court system was designed to help individuals, businesses, and governments resolve their disputes. Part of access to justice means being able to use the courts to sue those who wrong you. This case is about whether a consumer can sue the federal government when...

In 2021, Lee Williamson and Aletta Williamson enrolled J.W., their Black and biracial toddler, in Heritage Preschools—an overwhelmingly white, private Christian preschool system in Alabama. For his first two years, J.W. had a positive experience at Heritage and rarely got into trouble. But things quickly...

In this case, a group of property owners filed suit against the city of Tucson, Arizona. They are seeking to label the unhoused people in Navajo Wash Park a public nuisance, and to compel the city to conduct sweeps and other law enforcement actions to...

“John Doe,” an asylum-seeker attending elementary school within the School District of Philadelphia, was harassed by classmates based on his perceived sexual orientation and national origin. His mother, Leslie Hernández, encouraged John to ask his principal for help. Rather than provide support to stop the...