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Fighting Environmental Disaster, from Utah to Oklahoma
By Richard Webster Staff Attorney, Environmental Enforcement Project As both our site and the Salt Lake City Tribune reported, Public Justice filed a suit in March, on behalf of HEAL Utah and the Sierra Club, to ensure the cleanup of millions of tons of toxic…
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The Largest Manmade Earthquake in History
It’s now official. Seismologists have just announced that Saturday’s earthquake was the strongest ever felt in Oklahoma. The 5.6-magnitude quake struck early Saturday morning, rattling Pawnee, Oklahoma and the surrounding area. If this weekend’s quake is directly linked to fracking in the state – as we believe it will be – it will also go down in the record books as the largest manmade earthquake in history.
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Protecting Consumers from the Fine Print
Public Justice Files Comments Supporting CFPB Rule to Limit Abusive Forced Arbitration Provisions By Karla Gilbride Cartwright-Baron Staff Attorney With big banks making millions in profits while wages stagnate and the wealth gap continues to widen, many Americans feel that the system is rigged and…
Justice for Rafael: An Update
A court has now cleared the way for a trial to finally begin, more than 7 years after Rafael Solis died while being held in the Webb County, Texas jail. Every excuse, tactic and legal argument the jailors’ attorneys have used to delay the case have now been rejected. And Rafael’s family is closer than ever to getting their day in court.
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August 12, 2016 In Blog
New 2016-2017 Public Justice Board Members
Public Justice’s Board of Directors is charged with helping to guide the organization’s litigation, advocacy, fundraising, communications, and operations. It is composed largely of litigators from across the United States who serve the public interest through their own innovative and diverse practices. In addition to…
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Change Maker: Public Justice’s “Yakima Dairy” Cases
Public Justice’s 2016 Change Maker award was presented to the team behind our “Yakima Dairy” dairy cases, which resulted in a landmark settlement announced in May 2015. As part of the settlement, four Washington State dairies agreed to implement sweeping changes in their operations following…
Public Justice Defends Rights of Generic Drug Victims in California Supreme Court
This case is a vivid example of why it’s important to allow lawsuits against brand-name drug companies for injuries caused by generic drugs. If the California Supreme Court lets Novartis off the hook, then the world will be a much more dangerous place.
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Don’t Mess with Texas Homeowners
By Gabriel Hopkins Thornton-Robb Attorney Photo by Mike Rastiello on Flickr Arbitration is nearly everywhere. For the millions of Texas residents who own a home, one of the few places that they don’t encounter forced arbitration clauses is in their homeowner’s insurance policies. But now, Texas…
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June 30, 2016 In Blog
Breaking Through Power: Public Justice & What We Do
Last month, Executive Director Paul Bland spoke at Breaking Through Power, a conference organized by consumer advocate Ralph Nader that brought together dozens of voices in the movement to improve civic mobilization and democratic integrity. Paul speaks about our work fighting injustices like forced arbitration…
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June 13, 2016 In Blog Civil Rights & Liberties, Class Action Preservation, Court Secrecy, Federal Preemption, Workers' Rights
This Year’s Top Five Reasons They’re Attacking “Greedy” Trial Lawyers and “Frivolous” Lawsuits
By Arthur Bryant Chairman When corporations or the government value money over lives and safety, injure people, or discriminate against them, the courts are where they can be held accountable. But corporate and government wrongdoers don’t want to be held accountable. That’s why, for decades,…