TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Public Justice filed a federal lawsuit today against the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) and FDC Secretary Richard Comerford challenging a more than $400,000 “cost of incarceration” lien imposed on Danny Johnson, a formerly incarcerated man with a serious mental health disability. The lawsuit, filed…
October 6, 2026 Contacts: Public Justice, communications@publicjustice.net The Legal Aid Society, Press@legal-aid.org (BOSTON, MA) — In a major victory for immigrant communities nationwide, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted preliminary relief to immigrants challenging the Trump Administration’s unprecedented civil penalty scheme, which sought to impose fines of up to $998 per day — often…
Media Contacts: Public Justice, communications@publicjustice.net Tamara Marquez, tamara@ic4ij.org RIVERSIDE, CA — Public Justice has filed motions to intervene and unseal court records on behalf of the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice in Ronduen, et al. v. The GEO Group, Inc., et al., a class action case pending in the Central District of California alleging use…
On Sept. 28, the Department of Education announced it will rescind 2024 Title IX rules that aimed to provide protections to students against sexual harassment, anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination, and pregnancy discrimination. The decision officially reverts Title IX standards back to those in place prior to 2024, including 2020 rules from the first Trump administration that limited…
For Immediate Release, September 23, 2026 Contacts: Ragan Whitlock, Center for Biological Diversity, (727) 426-3653, rwhitlock@biologicaldiversity.org Nicole Funaro, Public Justice, nfunaro@publicjustice.net HARRISBURG, Pa.— A federal court has denied a motion to dismiss the Center for Biological Diversity’s lawsuit challenging two related companies’ failure to control pollution risks from toxic coal ash at a power plant on the…
New reporting from The Washington Post revealed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is erasing data on immigrants with final deportation orders from a searchable online database of detained immigrants. This change — which took effect Sept. 15 — also stops immigration officers from sharing a detained immigrant’s location with attorneys or family over…
Today, the Trump administration announced that the United States will no longer regulate pollution from coal- and gas-fired power plants that causes climate change. Dan Snyder, director of Public Justice’s Environmental Enforcement Project, said: “The limitations on air pollution the Trump administration just axed were common sense — they saved lives, they saved money, and…
Media Contacts: Press@legal-aid.org Communications@publicjustice.net (GREENBELT, MD) — Public Justice, The Legal Aid Society, and Brown Goldstein & Levy LLP today filed a class action lawsuit challenging the federal government’s policy of imposing $5,130 fees on noncitizens who entered the United States before the statute creating the fee was enacted or who are assessed the fee long after their…
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…