FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 10, 2026 Media contacts:Nicole Funaro, Director of Media & Storytelling, Public Justice, communications@publicjustice.net (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — The Public Justice Foundation’s membership has announced the election of eight prominent legal advocates from across the country to the organization’s Board of Directors. Founded in 1982, Public Justice takes on the biggest systemic threats…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 10, 2026 Contacts: Julia Olson, Chief Legal Counsel, 415.786.4825, julia@ourchildrenstrust.orgHelen Britto, Communications Director, 925.588.1171, helen@ourchildrenstrust.orgNicole Funaro, Director of Media & Storytelling, communications@publicjustice.net Denial leaves intact the first circuit court opinion in U.S. history to deny judicial review of an unconstitutional executive order, as youth plaintiffs assess next steps SAN FRANCISCO —…
Contact:Hannah Riley Fernandez, The Center for Just Journalism, hannah@justjournalism.orgNicole Funaro, Public Justice, nfunaro@publicjustice.netJen Nessel, Center for Constitutional Rights, press@ccrjustice.org For the Record: the Center for Just Journalism, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Public Justice release a comprehensive guide to finding data within the criminal legal system and filing effective records requests August 4, 2026…
For Immediate Release Monday, August 3, 2026 Contact: Ajay Singh, as11021@nyu.edu Public Justice, communications@publicjustice.net NEW YORK CITY, NY — The NYU Immigrant Rights Clinic (“IRC”)* today released Debt and the Deportation Agenda: Immigration Fines under the Second Trump Administration. The report exposes the harms of the second Trump Administration’s civil fines program, which has imposed…
Media contacts:Public Justice: communications@publicjustice.netDavid Webbert: 207-333-2725; david@work.law This is the first lawsuit filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) against the U.S. government for the actions of DHS agents during ICE’s “Operation Catch of the Day.” Portland – Robert Peck, of South Portland, filed his FTCA claim in Maine federal court this morning against…
In November 2024, Public Justice and its co-counsel filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of a transgender teen, “John Doe,” his family, and Alliance for Full Acceptance (AFFA), an LGBTQ+ rights organization, to protect transgender students in South Carolina whose civil rights are being violated. Specifically, the lawsuit challenged a South Carolina budget proviso…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 27, 2026 Media Contacts:Nicole Funaro, communications@publicjustice.netTed Evgeniadis, ted@lowsusriverkeeper.org. 717-478-1780 YORK COUNTY, PENN. — On Monday, the District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania imposed a $9.2 million civil penalty after finding that Republic Services of Pennsylvania LLC polluted Kreutz Creek — a tributary of the Susquehanna River — and violated…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 23, 2026 Media Contacts:Public Justice | Nicole Funaro | communications@publicjustice.netBraunHagey & Borden LLP | Kory DeClark | declark@braunhagey.com | (415) 599-0210Criminal Law & Justice Center | Rio Scharf | rioscharf@berkeley.edu | (510) 239-3119Civil Rights Corps | Madhvi Venkatraman | media@civilrightscorps.org The lawsuit challenges a conspiracy between the Solano County Sheriff’s Office…
While a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Isabelle Arana was sexually assaulted by a star member of the University’s football team. The University, through its own disciplinary process, determined Isabelle’s report was true and expelled the football player. But when he was criminally tried for the same assault and acquitted — a proceeding that…