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October 16, 2018 In Blog
Missouri Supreme Court Unanimously Refuses to Rewrite Arbitration Clause Selecting Corrupt Arbitrator
Image via Taber Andrew Bain on Flickr By Paul Bland Executive Director A predatory lender wanted courts to re-write an arbitration clause that named a corrupt arbitration company, so that the lender could still force consumer cases out of court. The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously…
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Justice for Workers at Hanford
The settlement in this case shows the power of workers banding together and the effectiveness and importance of partnerships between unions, advocates and tenacious public servants like Washington’s Attorney General.
Appeals Court Rejects Container Store’s Hide-the-Contract Tricks
Blind shoppers, like their sighted counterparts, deserve contract terms they can read and that are more than mere illusions.
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Public Justice Fights “The Blob” in the California Supreme Court
Over the course of four months in late 2015 and early 2016, a natural gas well in California released thousands of tons of methane and other chemicals into the air. To put the seriousness of this event into context, consider that the leak resulted in 220 times more methane escaping than in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.
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Court Secrecy Victory: Documents Hormel Marked Confidential Can’t be Sealed when Filed in Court
Image via theimpulsebuy on Flickr By Arthur Bryant Chairman Public Justice just won a critically important victory against court secrecy. The decision in Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Hormel Foods Corporation makes a crucial point: When documents are filed in court, a company can’t keep…
May 31, 2018
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The Year’s Top Four Cases Showing Why We Have the Right to a Day in Court and a Jury Trial in America
by Arthur H. Bryant Chairman Everyone in America has the right to a day in court and a jury trial. Over one hundred years ago, in Chambers v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, the U.S. Supreme Court said, “The right to sue and defend in…
The 2018 Illuminating Injustice Award: Highlighting the Impact of Qualified Immunity on Families Fighting Police Violence
Public Justice is proud to present our 2018 Illuminating Injustice Award, which includes a $25,000 cash contribution, to the family of Andrew Scott. Scott’s story is a vivid reminder that qualified immunity has become a significant barrier to reforming dangerous law enforcement practices across the United States.
Of Big Fish and Small Pools: Corporations Try to Avoid Accountability by Raising Burden of Proof on Consumers
Unhappy with the power of the class-action device, corporate America is doing everything it can to take that power away from consumers. But Public Justice is committed to protecting consumer rights. The class-action device is the single most important tool for consumers to make sure that companies don’t lie, cheat, or steal.
A Potential Game-Changer for Victims of False Credit Reports
By Lucas Rhoads, Ferraro Fellow, and Leslie Brueckner, Senior Attorney Got bad credit based on crimes you didn’t commit? If you do, you’re not alone. But a new lawsuit just joined by Public Justice may finally give consumers the power to hold credit reporting agencies…
A Special Message from Monopoly Man!
Trump appointee Mick Mulvaney famously slandered the CFPB as a ‘sick, sad’ joke – but today, the joke is on him. That’s right: I’ll be on Capitol Hill today to welcome Mulvaney to his first-ever Senate hearing as Acting Director of the CFPB!