-
-
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…
Blog
-
-
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.
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.
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.
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.
-
-
April 29, 2017 In Blog Anti-Bullying, Class Action Preservation, Consumers' Rights, Gender & Sexual Violence, The Environment
Trump’s First 100 Days
The next 1361 days will be just as important as the last 100, and maybe more so. That’s why we’re gearing up to be even more visible, active and outspoken over the next four years. Here are just a few of the things Public Justice will be tackling in the weeks and months ahead.
Corporations’ Use of Personal Jurisdiction Defense on Trial in U.S. Supreme Court
By Leslie Brueckner Senior Attorney The following is cross-posted from Legal Examiner. After years of being relegated to the dusty tomes of law school libraries, personal jurisdiction has recently become a red hot topic, particularly in the area of mass torts. In the past few years,…
Justice For My Dad
In 2009, my father, Rafael Solis, Sr., died at the hands and feet of jailers in Webb County, Texas who were entrusted with his care. For the past 8 years, my family has waited for justice, and for those on whose watch my father died to be held accountable.
Will Congress Give Abusive Nursing Homes a ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ Card?
A group of lawmakers wants to hand the nursing home industry a get-out-of-jail free card, in the form of HR 1215. The bill, which is deceptively titled the “Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017,” would cap the amount of “non-economic” damages a victim could obtain from a nursing home in a lawsuit at just $250,000 per case, no matter how many victims were hurt or how many people (or corporations) are responsible.
How Did DirecTV Plot to Cheat Low-Wage Workers? We Want to Know.
Companies, like DirecTV, that outsource labor try to avoid responsibility by saying “hey—those weren’t our workers, so it’s not our fault they were underpaid” – even though, in reality, the companies effectively control the subcontractors’ operations and profit from their workers’ (underpaid) labor.