Public Justice is co-counsel in BookHolders v. DeHority, BookHolders v. Pletch, and BookHolders v. Steincamp, cases presenting issues of wage theft and illegal retaliation where we and our co-counsel are defending three Virginia Tech students who were sued by their former employer, a chain of college…
In response to the House of Representatives’ passage of the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act (H.R. 963) today, Public Justice released the following statement: Today’s bipartisan vote by the House to end forced arbitration reflects a growing realization among voters that these agreements are…
By Karla Gilbride, Public Justice Access to Justice Project Co-Director *Editor’s Note: On February 10, the Senate unanimously passed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Harassment Act of 2021. In our extremely polarized nation, few issues enjoy bipartisan support. But on the question…
By Karla Gilbride Cartwright-Baron Senior Attorney What Leo Tolstoy said in Anna Karenina about unhappy families could also be said about consumer transactions or employment relationships that turn sour: each one “is unhappy in its own way.” For some types of disputes, a worker or consumer may…
