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September 19, 2020 In Updates Access to Justice, Civil Rights & Liberties, Class Action Preservation, Consumers' Rights

Public Justice Statement on the Passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Both during her tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court, and in her earlier career as a litigator and advocate, Ruth Bader Ginsburg changed our country for the better. She was a powerful, and tireless, voice for equality and an inspiration to all of us who…

July 9, 2020 In Blog Access to Justice, Consumers' Rights

Hundreds of Previously-Hidden Documents Now Available About Harmful Permanent Birth Control Device Essure

By Stevie Glaberson Staff Attorney Public Justice has long fought against unnecessary secrecy in court. As so many of our cases have shown, court secrecy enables harassment and discrimination and, in some cases, even kills. Nowhere is court secrecy more dangerous than in medical products…

June 29, 2020 In Updates Consumers' Rights

Public Justice Statement on Supreme Court’s Ruling on CFPB Structure

This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – with an independent director that can’t be fired by the president – as unconstitutional. Public Justice Executive Director Paul Bland had this reaction: “A politically independent Consumer Financial…

April 14, 2020 In PJ Action Consumers' Rights

Call Congress: Protect Families During COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the nation and the world, it is impossible to know how long we will be feeling its effects: all we know is that no one will be left untouched. Our frontline workers – doctors, nurses, grocery workers, transit workers, those…

April 10, 2020 In Blog Consumers' Rights

Congress Can Stop the Pandemic From Causing Credit Pain for Decades

Ask your Senators and Representatives to support the Disaster Protections for Workers’ Credit Act By Paul Bland Executive Director In the weeks since the COVID-19 outbreak began, nearly 10 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits. The numbers are historic, the graphs on the front…

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…

February 19, 2020 In PJ Action Consumers' Rights

Call Congress: Protect Wronged Consumers from Ending Up in the Red

Congress has repeatedly recognized that some laws depend on everyday people being able to enforce them in court, but doing so would often be impossible without the assistance of a qualified and knowledgeable attorney. That’s why in many cases – from discrimination, labor abuses, environmental…

July 29, 2019 In Blog Class Action Preservation, Consumers' Rights

California Supreme Court Strikes Blow for Consumers and Employees By Rejecting Class-Action-Killing Ascertainability Rule

In a unanimous 45-page ruling issued today, the California Supreme Court struck a major blow in favor of class actions and against big corporations who lie, cheat, and steal money from their customers and mistreat their employees. In Noel v. Thrifty, a consumer class action,…

June 6, 2019 In Blog Access to Justice, Consumers' Rights

Public Justice Fights For Your Right To Stop Credit Agencies From Lying About You

Public Justice, as part of our Access to Justice Campaign, has filed a petition asking the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear a dangerous decision that makes it nearly impossible for people to hold credit reporting agencies accountable and fix damaging errors in their credit reports.

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