By Adrian Alvarez, Goldberg-Robb Attorney Disability harassment in our schools is a serious problem. A recent study found that students with disabilities are more likely than their non-disabled peers to be bullied. The study also showed that students with disabilities tended to be less popular,…
By Paul Bland, Senior Attorney In a class action, one or more people who believe their legal rights have been violated bring a lawsuit on behalf of a group of people whom they believe have been harmed in the same way. The person or persons…
By Jim Hecker, Environmental Enforcement Project Director The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ streamlined procedure for permitting coal mines to fill Appalachian streams with mining waste suffered another blow yesterday when an appeals court threw out the Corps’ 2007 version of Nationwide Permit 21, commonly…
By Richard Webster, Power-Cotchett Attorney I am currently representing clients on the Jersey Shore in a Nuclear Regulatory Commission administrative process. This process nominally allows concerned citizens to petition for enforcement of NRC’s safety requirements. Unfortunately, the experience has led me to a greater appreciation…
By Leah Nicholls, Kazan-Budd Attorney Yesterday, we had oral argument in the Third Circuit on an important Class Action Fairness Act question. The question — when toxic tort cases limited to locations within a single state can be removed to federal court under CAFA —…
By Avi Kramer, Communications Dept. Here are two sentences from a 2008 article on Slate: Each year, parties that have lost in the lower courts file about 9,000 petitions for a writ of certiorari (cert for short) in which they beg the [U.S. Supreme] Court…
By Victoria Ni, Senior Attorney I am not a vegetarian. Nor do I have plans to become one. But our Food Safety & Health Project, which tries to expose the true costs of the modern industrial food complex on animals, workers, and the environment, has…
By Claire Prestel, Staff Attorney It’s hard enough for low-wage workers to stand up for their rights and take on a powerful employer who fails to pay overtime. But some employers make it even harder by adopting a troubling tactic — coercing workers to sign…
by Leah Nicholls, Kazan-Budd Attorney Last week, amid the hustle and bustle of oral argument in the gay marriage cases, the Supreme Court issued its latest class action decision: Comcast Corp. v. Behrend. The Court, 5-4, reversed class certification in the antitrust case brought on…
by Amy Radon, Staff Attorney I felt lost as an incoming freshman at Arizona State University, which at the time was the second largest university in the United States with an enrollment of over 50,000 students. Coming from a high school where my graduating class…
