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  • Study: 99% of Consumers Unaware they are Subject to Forced Arbitration

    For Immediate Release July 27, 2023 Contact: Peter Knudsen, Peter.Knudsen@justice.org Carly Sfregola, Carly.Sfregola@justice.org Lucy Sears, 240-676-4499, lsears@publicjustice.net WASHINGTON – A new study confirms that Americans are unaware of how often and to what extent they are stripped of their fundamental rights through prevalent forced arbitration clauses, which are found in the fine print of everyday click-through agreements, terms and…

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  • Call Congress: Support The Equality Act

    Public Justice is proud to support the Equality Act (H.R. 5), which was originally introduced in both the House and Senate in Mar. 2019. On June 8, 2023, President Biden called for the passage of the Equality Act and for more initiatives to protect LGBTQ citizens. In a year marked by rising discrimination against the…

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  • Amazon Delivery Drivers Sue Employer for Labor Violations, Discriminatory Practices In Not Providing Bathroom Breaks

        For Immediate Release May 23, 2023 Contact: David Seligman | press@towardsjustice.org Lucy Sears (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net Three Amazon delivery drivers in Colorado file a class action suit against Amazon for its failure to provide adequate bathroom breaks, demanding policy changes   DENVER, COLO.  – Yesterday, three Amazon delivery drivers filed a proposed…

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  • Texas County Agrees to $1.325 Million Settlement in Wrongful Death Suit Against Webb County Jail

    For Immediate Release May 10, 2023 Contact: Lucy Sears lsears@publicjustice.net TEXAS – On April 25, 2023, Texas’ Webb County and jailers at Webb County Jail settled a wrongful death suit for $1.325 million. The lawsuit was first filed in May 2020, on behalf of Nelda Nuncio, the mother of Luis Alberto “Albert” Barrientos, a 22-year-old…

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  • To Arbitrate or Not — JPay Can’t Have it Both Ways

    By Wesley M. Griffith of Tycko & Zavareei LLP and Karla Gilbride of Public Justice For the past seven years, Tycko & Zavareei, Public Justice, and Morgan & Morgan have been litigating a putative class action against JPay, a privately-run, for-profit prison service company, before the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration focuses on excessive fees…

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  • The Chamber of Commerce Doesn’t Want You to Know the Terms in Your Contracts

    By Ellen Noble, Budd Attorney The Chamber of Commerce, the country’s largest corporate lobbying organization, is fighting hard against a new rule proposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) that aims to promote consumer awareness of the terms and conditions buried in the fine print of their boilerplate contracts. The rule would require nonbank…

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  • The Discriminatory Impact of Credit Scores

    By Nate Van Duzer, 2022 Summer Law Clerk. Have you checked your credit score lately? Do you know how it can affect your life? A lot of us probably do not think about our credit until it becomes a problem. In theory, our credit score tells a potential lender how likely we are to repay…

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  • Virginia Tech Students Fight Lawsuit After Reporting Illegal Wage Theft

        For Immediate Release October 25, 2022 Contact: Lucy Sears (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net Gregg Kelley (202) 319-1070 | gregg_kelley@washlaw.org On Friday, October 21, the legal team representing three Virginia Tech students filed a motion to dismiss lawsuits brought against the college students by their former employer under Maryland’s anti-SLAPP (strategic Lawsuit Against Public…

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  • Plaintiffs in Palmer v. Amazon Revive Safety Claims in Second Circuit Victory

    For Immediate Release October 18, 2022 Contact: Lucy Sears (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net Today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals revived Amazon workers’ COVID-19 safety claims at its JFK8 facility in Staten Island. Derrick Palmer, a plaintiff in the case, released the following statement: “I’m thrilled the Court agreed that I and other Amazon workers…

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