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September 24, 2015 In Blog

Important Highway Guardrail Safety Information Set Free in Landmark Consumer Safety Win

Image from the Harman v. Trinity complaint. By Leah M. NichollsStaff Attorney Highway guardrails are big business. And they are also important safety devices: The wrong guardrail design can mean the difference between life and death, between walking away from a car crash and losing…

September 17, 2015 In Blog

Heaven, Hell and The U.S. Chamber: 13 Years of Anti-Judicial Propaganda

Photo via Judit Klein on Flickr By Arthur BryantChairman The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform just released the latest version of the propaganda piece it started publishing in 2002. Entitled 2015 Lawsuit Climate Survey: Ranking the States, the report summarizes the answers…

September 15, 2015 In Blog

Let’s Make Sure Class Actions Can Still Do Their Job

Image by Grant Hutchinson via Flickr By Leah NichollsStaff Attorney Here at Public Justice, we see class actions as an important tool for righting wrongs and holding the powerful accountable. As part of our efforts to promote and protect class actions, we’re working to make sure…

September 2, 2015 In Blog

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether Class Action Defendants Can Bribe Their Way Out of Legal Trouble

Image via Chris Potter on Flickr By Leslie BruecknerSenior Attorney The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to decide an issue of huge importance to everyone who cares about access to justice. The question, in Campbell-Ewald v. Gomez, is whether corporate defendants in class actions are…

August 26, 2015 In Blog

Will Congress Act to Protect All Big Ag Whistleblowers?

Photo via Steven Depolo on Flickr By David MuraskinFood Safety & Health Attorney Congress is poised to pass into law a bill that will provide unique protections for industrial agricultural companies to hide their harms to consumers, competition, and workers. The Senate recently passed S….

August 19, 2015 In Blog

The Chamber of Commerce’s “Chicken Little” Games

by Leah M. NichollsStaff Attorney The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has a long and troubling history of trying to keep cases out of court, and they’re particularly vicious when it comes to fighting certification of class action suits. Much like Chicken Little, the Chamber proclaims…

August 18, 2015 In Blog

Stopping Government Poisoning of Workers at the Hanford Nuclear Site

Image via Tobin on Flickr By Richard Webster Staff Attorney, Environmental Enforcement Project All too often, industry tries to play a divide and conquer strategy by accusing environmental organizations of putting green interests ahead of those of workers. However, at Public Justice, we strongly believe…

August 11, 2015 In Blog

The Mead Generation

It is one of the most frequently used quotes to describe the efforts of citizens, movements and determined individuals to impact change. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world,” anthropologist Margaret Mead said, “indeed, it’s the only thing…

August 5, 2015 In Blog

New Book Explores Precedent Setting Public Justice Case

On June 1st, 1981 two political activists, Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, were murdered in their union hall in Seattle. Ten years later a federal court found Ferdinand Marcos, the former dictator of the Philippines, liable for the murders. Led by two courageous women, Terri…

August 4, 2015 In Blog

Cause for Celebration: Idaho “Ag-Gag” Statute Struck Down

Image via Bluestem Farm on Flickr First such law to be ruled unconstitutional By Leslie BruecknerSenior Attorney In a landmark ruling issued today, an Idaho federal court struck down the State’s controversial “ag-gag” statute on federal constitutional grounds, holding that it violates the First Amendment…