In February 2022, former Public Justice Richard Zitrin Anti-Court Secrecy Attorney Craig Briskin & Budd Attorney Ellen Noble spoke on fighting court secrecy in civil litigation, in a webinar presented free to Public Justice Members as a part of the Justice Talks Series sponsored by Western Alliance Bank. If you are unable to view the…
(Pictured above: Amy Cooper testifies before the California Senate Judiciary Committee on 4/5/22 about the preventable OxyContin overdose death of her son) By Karen Ocamb, Director of Media Relations On Tuesday afternoon, California’s Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance SB 1149, the ‘Public Right to Know Act,’ a bill introduced by California Senator Connie M.…
By Karen Ocamb, Director of Media Relations Due to COVID-19 restrictions, former Taco Bell employee Robyn Morgan wasn’t in the courtroom as Public Justice Senior Attorney Karla Gilbride argued her case before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, March 21. But her presence was intensely felt, as Karla argued on her behalf in Morgan v…
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 not just harmless fine print in some consumer contracts, but…
Public Justice is proud to support the Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021 (H.R.4777), which would prevent companies from abusing the bankruptcy system to evade accountability for wrongdoing and cheat consumers who have been harmed by their actions. Join us and call on your members of Congress to sponsor the legislation and voice their support…
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 of what should happen when a worker suffers discrimination or…
By Leah Nicholls, Co-Director of the Access to Justice Project The proponents of arbitration claim that the system is preferable to litigation in court because it’s faster, streamlined, and more efficient. But those advantages disappear if a party can litigate a case in court before deciding that they might be more successful if the case…
By Anita Yandle, Access to Justice & Justice Catalyst Fellow If you signed a credit card contract that had a clause buried in the fine print saying that you had to change your religion, do you think a court would force you to convert? Of course not. That is because a decision to waive your constitutional…
Updated January 31, 2022 “Too often, employers protect workplace harassers by forcing claims out of court into a secret, private tribunal that favors companies. The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Harassment Act advocated for by survivors at the House Judiciary’s November 16 hearing represents a positive step forward in the fight to end…