By Adele Kimmel, Managing Attorney “If being Jewish is so important to you, why would you move into a community that does not have a synagogue? If you want your kids to hang out with more Jewish children or have more tolerance, why would you…
By Richard Webster, Power-Cotchett Attorney, Environmental Enforcement Project Over the last month, three major events occurred that our victory at Little Blue Run either caused or encouraged that show how successful citizen suits against polluters have implications beyond the immediate relief obtained. This week, a…
Corporate America doesn’t want to be accountable if they do anything to hurt you. By Paul Bland, Senior Attorney On Twitter! @PblandBland So how weird is this? The Daily Grill, a very fancy and pricey steak house, encourages people to buy gift cards and make…
By Jessica Horne, George Washington University Law School Pathways to Practice Fellow Civil rights leaders are breathing tentative sighs of relief today as news breaks of a possible settlement in Township of Mount Holly v. Mt. Holly Gardens Citizens in Action, Inc. Many…
By Paul Bland, Senior Attorney Twitter: @pblandbland California’s consumer protection laws are often thought of as some of the best in the nation, and one reason for that is that they provide great remedies for broad, systemic public injunctive relief. For example, say a company…
By Paul Bland, Senior Attorney Many recall the enormous amount of national publicity that surrounded the allegations of a KBR-Halliburton employee in Iraq named Jamie Leigh Jones. Jamie testified in both houses of Congress, made several television appearances, was prominently featured in the documentary Hot…
by Adele Kimmel, Managing Attorney Two girls, ages 12 and 14, have been criminally charged with a felony in the tragic case of Rebecca Ann Sedwick, a 12-year-old Florida girl who committed suicide last month after enduring a year of online and face-to-face bullying. As…
By Arthur Bryant, Executive Director Two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court let Wal-Mart block its female workers’ sex discrimination claims in Wal-Mart v. Dukes by changing the rules governing class actions. Next Tuesday, Wal-Mart will ask the Court to block its workers’ long-term disability…
By Leah Nicholls, Kazan-Budd Attorney The Virginia Supreme Court has enforced an arbitration agreement against a housekeeper who sought to sue her former boss after he physically assaulted her. By this point, like it or not (not), consumer and worker advocates expect to find arbitration clauses…
By Adele Kimmel, Managing Attorney The start of the new school year has already provided a painful lesson on the effects of bullying. After the first day of school, 15-year-old Bart Palosz of Greenwich, Conn., killed himself in an apparent effort to escape years of…
