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August 14, 2017 In Blog Consumers' Rights

Public Justice Strongly Opposes Harmful Corporate Proposals to Gut Rule 30(b)(6)

Public Justice has just filed comments with the Federal Rules Committee strongly opposing the proposed changes to Rule 30(b)(6), one of the most powerful and important tools for finding out the truth and pinning down corporations. Our comments reflect the serious damage these changes would inflict on consumers, workers and the legal advocates who are their voice and champions. We’re committed to ensuring our Members and their clients have a voice in this process, and our team is working to ensure these proposed changes never become law.

August 7, 2017 In Blog

Welcoming Public Justice’s Newest Class of Board Members

Each year at our summer meeting, Public Justice welcomes new members to the Board of Directors. Here’s a little about the newest generation of leaders who joined our Board in July.

July 27, 2017 In Blog Food Project, The Environment

Take action: Trump nominates another climate change denier

President Donald Trump just nominated Sam Clovis, a Trump campaign adviser, to the USDA’s top science position. The funny (or terrifying) thing is: Clovis isn’t a scientist.

July 13, 2017 In Blog Class Action Preservation

“Corporate Immunity Bill” Would Let Investment Firms Steal Money from Workers’ Retirement Accounts

Hundreds of thousands of middle-class American workers will directly benefit from a settlement which has put $78,000,000 back into their retirement accounts—money which, over time, will grow to a much larger amount in the tax-sheltered 401(k) accounts. But under a new bill pending in Congress, a victory such as this one would be rendered virtually impossible.

July 6, 2017 In Blog Consumers' Rights, Court Secrecy

When It Comes to Sealing Court Records, The Presumption of Public Access Requires That You “Just Say No”

There’s something the First Amendment does that lawyers tend to forget about. Here in the Ninth Circuit, the First Amendment also grants every member of the public a presumptive right of access to court records—a right that forbids the sealing of court records except in the rarest of circumstances.

June 13, 2017 In Blog Consumers' Rights

Tell Congress: No ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ Card for Patient Abuse & Medical Malpractice

The House of Representatives is about to vote on a dangerous new bill that will dramatically roll back accountability in cases taking on medical malpractice, nursing home abuse and dangerous and defective drugs. Please call your Representative and ask them to oppose H.R. 1215, the…

June 12, 2017 In Blog Civil Rights & Liberties, Consumers' Rights, Workers' Rights

Trial Lawyer of the Year Award Finalists Show Why Access to the Courts and Class Actions are So Important

This year’s finalists for Public Justice’s Trial Lawyer of the Year Award highlight the kinds of cases, individual and class action, filed and litigated in state and federal courts every day. They show why access to the courts and class actions are so important. And they show why some government officials and corporate wrongdoers are so eager to bar access to the courts and hamstring or ban class actions.

June 5, 2017 In Blog Consumers' Rights

The Federal Government Is Poised to Give Payday Lenders New Legitimacy. That’s Bad News for Consumers.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) – the primary federal regulator of national banks – seems poised to take action on an issue that would be potentially devastating for consumer protection efforts and, in particular, efforts to take on payday and other forms of predatory lending.

May 25, 2017 In Blog Civil Rights & Liberties

President Trump Is Not Above the Law

The Fourth Circuit’s decision blocking President Trump’s travel ban gets directly to the point. “The question for this Court,” it starts, “is whether the Constitution …remains a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace.” The answer is yes.

May 18, 2017 In Blog Court Secrecy, Workers' Rights

Victory Over DirecTV: Court Unseals Records Showing Plot to Cheat Low Wage Workers

We just blew open sealed court records in a Washington federal court case involving DirecTV, the national cable provider that has become a poster child for consumer ripoffs and worker abuse. Public Justice had asked the court to unseal the records and expose the full evidence of DirecTV’s wrongdoing to the light of day.