“We’re beyond proud of our former Access to Justice Co-Director Karla Gilbride and former Board Member Kalpana Kotagal for being sworn in as the General Counsel and Commissioner, respectively, of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). For more than a decade, both Karla and Kalpana’s dedication to fighting on behalf of workers and consumers…
Today, in response to California Governor Gavin Newsom’s approval of Senate Bill 365, Public Justice released the following statement: “Public Justice commends Governor Gavin Newsom for signing Senate Bill 365, which will prevent needless delays for Californians seeking justice. Authored by Senator Scott Wiener and co-authored by Attorney General Rob Bonta, SB 365 will end…
NEWS for IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 5, 2023 Contacts: Rosemary Shahan, CARS, 530-759-9440 Michael Brooks, Center for Auto Safety, 202-328-7700 x 408 Megan Varvais, Public Justice, 510-566-7768 Unprecedented Attack on Low and Moderate Income Californians SACRAMENTO, CA – A large coalition of leading non-profit consumer and auto safety organizations based in California and Washington, D.C. is…
Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited (CFPB v. CFSA), a challenge to the CFPB’s funding structure. Public Justice Executive Director Paul Bland released the following statement on behalf of the organization: “For more than a decade, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)…
For Immediate Release: October 2, 2023 Press Contacts: Contact: Lucy Sears (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net Contact: Cheryl Bonacci (818) 339-6928 | cheryl@civilrightscorps.org Los Angeles, CA. — On Sunday, October 1, the Los Angeles Superior Court (LASC) took an important step towards limiting the criminalization of poverty by implementing the Pre-Arraignment Release Protocol (PARP) in Los…
For immediate release: September 26, 2023 Media Contact: Jessica King, jessica.king@sierraclub.org Lucy Sears, lsears@publicjustice.net Washington, D.C. — Today Sierra Club, Public Justice, and several other environmental and public health organizations filed a petition for rulemaking with the EPA, calling upon the agency to stop harmful coal pollution from open-top trains carrying coal by requiring coal train operators to obtain a permit…
For Immediate Release: September 25, 2023 Contact: Lucy Sears lsears@publicjustice.net In a sweeping victory for student survivors across the country, the Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc, held that schools may be liable under Title IX for causing students to be sexually harassed in off-campus student residences. The Court ruled in favor of Mackenzie Brown, who…
For Immediate Release July 27, 2023 Contact: Peter Knudsen, Peter.Knudsen@justice.org Carly Sfregola, Carly.Sfregola@justice.org Lucy Sears, 240-676-4499, lsears@publicjustice.net WASHINGTON – A new study confirms that Americans are unaware of how often and to what extent they are stripped of their fundamental rights through prevalent forced arbitration clauses, which are found in the fine print of everyday click-through agreements, terms and…
As our country comes together to celebrate Pride month, there is much to be concerned about. Relentless attacks – legal, legislative and on the very lives of the LGBTQ+ community – remind us of the immensity of the work still to be done. Yet even as we face such brutal and un-American assaults on our…