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July 7, 2014 In Blog

Pelican Bay Prisoners’ Class Certification Offers Hope on Solitary Confinement

photo credit: citymaus via photopin cc By Adrian Alvarez Goldberg-Robb Attorney Is holding a prisoner in solitary confinement for more than a decade cruel and unusual punishment? That’s the question that a federal judge in Ashker v. Brown is set to decide. Recently, the judge said…

July 3, 2014 In Blog

POM Wonderful Victory for Consumers

photo credit: Fruitnet.com via photopin cc By Leslie A. Brueckner, Senior Attorney Leah Nicholls, Kazan-Budd Attorney It’s clear that the U.S. Supreme Court is about as pro-business as one can imagine. But something strange happened recently: The Court issued a unanimous ruling that will actually…

July 2, 2014 In Blog

“Natural” Food: Take That With A Grain of Salt

Image via foodnavigator-usa. By Leslie Brueckner Senior Attorney What do you think when you see the word “natural” prominently displayed on a package of chicken breasts? If you are like me, you assume it means that the hen was raised without antibiotics, artificial growth hormones,…

July 1, 2014 In Blog

Terrible North Carolina Supreme Court Decision Underscores Need For CFPB Action On Forced Arbitration

photo credit: afagen via photopin cc By Paul BlandExecutive Director Yesterday, Public Justice responded to a request from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for input on a survey it wants to send consumers, by basically telling the Bureau your survey will help bolster the case…

June 17, 2014 In Blog

Tribe: SCOTUS Denying Access to Justice Because It’s an “Anti-court Court”

Image via Tribeca Citizen. By Arthur Bryant Chairman Harvard Law School Professor Laurence Tribe, one of America’s preeminent constitutional scholars, says the U.S Supreme Court’s majority is not denying access to justice to consumers, workers, and civil rights plaintiffs just because it is “favorable to…

June 10, 2014 In Blog

Delaware Supreme Court Decision Slashing Investors’ Rights Based on Mistaken Notions of What a Contract Is

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June 9, 2014 In Blog

No Girls Allowed: How One Hard-Fought Victory Shows the Need to Keep Fighting

Image courtesy No Girls Allowed film By Arthur Bryant Chairman A wonderful new movie – Central High: No Girls Allowed – provides extraordinary insight into why litigation against sex discrimination is necessary and the difference it can make. It also allows us to appreciate…

June 2, 2014 In Blog

Access to Justice at Stake with Federal Rules Changes

Image via Touro Law Review By Arthur Bryant Public Justice Chairman The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure matter. They can determine who wins and who loses. And they have been changing in the wrong direction for some time. Now, proposed rule changes are moving forward and…

June 2, 2014 In Blog

Climate Change – We Need More than Obama’s Latest Initiative

photo credit: Jim.Richmond via photopin cc Obama initiative one arrow in the quiver needed to battle climate change and pollution By Richard Webster, Staff Attorney, Environmental Enforcement Project and Jim Hecker, Director, Environmental Enforcement Project The Obama Administration’s initiative on climate change, that was finally…

May 20, 2014 In Blog

Collective Actions in Court: Exactly What the Financial Industry Asked For

photo credit: DragonFlyEye via photopin cc By Leah Nicholls Kazan-Budd Attorney Financial institutions have reaped enormous benefits from creating their own system of private law, and the least they can do is follow their rules and allow their employees to respond collectively when they have…