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  • As Federal Agencies Delete Public Records, New Toolkit Helps Journalists Find Criminal Legal Data Before It Disappears

    Contact:Hannah Riley Fernandez, The Center for Just Journalism, hannah@justjournalism.orgNicole Funaro, Public Justice, nfunaro@publicjustice.netJen Nessel, Center for Constitutional Rights, press@ccrjustice.org For the Record: the Center for Just Journalism, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Public Justice release a comprehensive guide to finding data within the criminal legal system and filing effective records requests August 4, 2026…

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  • First Lawsuit Filed Under the Federal Tort Claims Act For ICE’s January 2026 Rampage in Maine

    Media contacts:Public Justice: communications@publicjustice.netDavid Webbert: 207-333-2725; david@work.law This is the first lawsuit filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) against the U.S. government for the actions of DHS agents during ICE’s “Operation Catch of the Day.” Portland – Robert Peck, of South Portland, filed his FTCA claim in Maine federal court this morning against…

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  • Video Footage of Use of Force, Other Critical Records Unsealed in Lawsuit Against ICE Contractor GEO Group

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 10, 2026 Media Contacts: Nicole Funaro, Public Justice, communications@publicjustice.net Tamara Marquez, Communications Director, ICIJ, tamara@ic4ij.org Ben Camacho, The Southlander, 562-287-4629, ben.camacho@thesouthlander.com Emily Elena Dugdale, Executive Editor, Los Angeles Public Press, eedugdale@lapublicpress.org RIVERSIDE, CA — Video footage of a use of force incident, along with more than 50 other records have been…

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  • Mississippi Court Administrator Agrees to Continue Providing Attorneys with Access to Youth Court Records, Helping Prevent Youth Court System from Collapsing on July 1

    The agreement was per a court order in a recent lawsuit filed by the state public defender FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jun 30, 2026 Media Contact:Madhvi Venkatraman | Civil Rights Corps | media@civilrightscorps.orgNicole Funaro | Public Justice | nfunaro@publicjustice.net Jackson, MS – On June 24, the Mississippi Office of State Public Defender sued the state Administrative…

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  • Former Amazon Worker Challenges Trump Administration’s Attack on Disparate-Impact Discrimination Claims

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 20, 2025 Media Contacts: Aidan O’Shea, FarmSTAND, Aidan@farmstand.org, (202) 594-8536 Nicole Funaro, Public Justice, nfunaro@publicjustice.net Omar Baddar, Public Citizen, obaddar@citizen.org, 202-588-7741 Valerie L. Collins, Towards Justice, valerie@towardsjustice.org, (720) 295-1672 EEOC’s sudden reversal on disparate-impact discrimination is latest in effort to weaken civil rights safeguards   Leah Cross, a former Amazon delivery…

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  • Federal Court in Boston Rules that IBM Broke Federal Law By Trying to Shorten the Deadline for Suing It over Age Discrimination

    Media contact: Nicole Funaro, Public Justice, nfunaro@publicjustice.net BOSTON — Judge Angel Kelley on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled in favor of an IBM worker who was let go because of his age along with about 20,000 other workers as part of discriminatory mass layoffs. Judge Kelley held that his age…

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  • Congressional Amicus Brief Filed Urging Full D.C. Circuit to Hear Case on Trump’s Attempt to Dismantle CFPB

    All Democrats on Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee—the committees that oversee the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—have urged the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to rehear a case challenging the Trump Administration’s attacks on the CFPB. The members of Congress joining the amicus brief are represented by Public…

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  • TikTok Discrimination Appeal Answered: Filing Defends Key Worker Protections Against Forced Arbitration

    Contact: Nicole Funaro, Public Justice nfunaro@publicjustice.net August 27, 2025 Plaintiff’s answering brief argues that the district court correctly applied federal law exempting sexual harassment claims from forced arbitration   New York, NY – Yesterday, attorneys for former senior TikTok executive Katie Puris filed their response in an appeal by the company to force Puris’s sexual…

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  • Public Justice Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Luke Davis, et al.

    Today, in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision dismissing as improvidently granted Labcorp v. Davis, Public Justice released the following statement: The U.S. Supreme Court correctly recognized that it could not reach the merits in this case. This dismissal allows longstanding jurisprudence recognizing the appropriate framework for considering Article III standing in class actions…

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