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  • Advocacy Groups File Brief in Arbitration and Elder Abuse Case Before California Supreme Court

              For Immediate Release June 7, 2023 Contact: Sean Crowley, 202-495-8520-c, scrowley@compassionandchoices.org Patricia A. González-Portillo, 323-819-0310-c, pportillo@compassionandchoices.org Mike Roth, 916.813.1554, mike@paschalroth.com Peter Knudsen, Peter.Knudsen@justice.org Carly Sfregola, Carly.Sfregola@justice.org Lucy Sears, 240-676-4499, lsears@publicjustice.net Groups assert arbitration agreements are not healthcare decisions authorized by advance directives   SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. – Four advocacy groups…

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  • Join Us in Asking Congress to Pass the FAIR Act

    Public Justice is proud to support the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act (H.R. 2953), which was reintroduced in April 2023. We’ve been working on forced arbitration for a long time, and we know that we can’t wait any longer. Call on your members of Congress to support this critical bill. Congress must step up…

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  • Public Justice Statement on Re-Introduction of the FAIR Act

    Today, in response to Congress’s reintroduction of the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act, Public Justice released the following statement: “Public Justice applauds Rep. Hank Johnson and Sen. Richard Blumenthal for reintroducing both House and Senate versions of the FAIR Act, which seeks to end the secretive and rigged practice of forced arbitration and ensure…

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  • Advocates Urge COPRAC to Move Swiftly on Critical Ethics Opinion

    For Immediate Release: March 6, 2023 Media Contact: People’s Parity Project: Molly Coleman | molly@peoplesparity.org Towards Justice: David Seligman | david@towardsjustice.org Public Justice: Lucy Sears | lsears@publicjustice.net National Consumer Law Center: Stephen Rouzer | srouzer@nclc.org Open Markets Institute: Sandeep Vaheesan | vaheesan@openmarketsinstitute.org Worker and consumer rights advocates from California and across the country call on…

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  • Public Justice Statement in Support of Ending Qualified Immunity

    In the face of yet another senseless act of murder at the hands of the police, we are once again reminded of the cruel injustice and violence Black people face at the hands of law enforcement every day. We join Tyre Nichols’ family and community in mourning his death and honoring a life tragically cut…

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  • Join us: Urge Congress to confirm Karla Gilbride for U.S. EEOC General Counsel

    In February 2023, the U.S. Senate HELP Committee voted to advance the nomination of our very own Access to Justice Project Co-Director Karla Gilbride to serve as general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) with bipartisan support. Now, we hope you’ll join us in urging Senators to swiftly confirm Karla for this…

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  • Joint Letter in Support for Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act

    Chairman Sherrod Brown Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 503 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Ranking Member Patrick Toomey Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 455 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 July 29, 2021 Re: Support for Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act Dear Chairman Brown and Ranking Member…

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  • Letter to President Biden on Voting Rights Bills

    Download PDF Dear President Biden: On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the undersigned organizations, we write to thank you and Vice President Kamala Harris for your renewed commitment to passing the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. We are especially grateful to you…

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  • Letter in Support of Catherine Lhamon to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (OCR)

    Download PDF Dear Chairwoman Murray and Ranking Member Burr: We write on behalf of 48 gender justice, anti-violence, and women’s rights organizations unified in strong support of the confirmation of Catherine Lhamon as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the United States Department of Education (ED). The Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights serves as the…

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