Public Justice’s Statement on Trump DEIA Executive Orders: On January 20 and 21, the Trump administration issued a pair of executive orders that target diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (“DEI” or “DEIA”) programs. The orders threaten the government’s ability to serve people from all backgrounds equally, and they are designed to intimidate and discourage employers…
The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice today of its intent to sue Talen Energy Corporation and Brunner Island, LLC, for failing to mitigate toxic pollution risks from a coal ash storage pond in York Haven, Pennsylvania. Today’s notice charges that Brunner Island Steam Electric Station failed to comply with a 2015 Environmental…
Public Justice and The Land Stewardship Project (LSP) applauded today’s ruling by the Minnesota Court of Appeals upholding a county’s right to limit the size of large animal feedlots operating within its borders. The ruling confirms an earlier state District Court’s decision that there was “no actual evidence of bias” when Winona County denied Daley…
Public Justice, a national non-profit legal advocacy organization, along with civil rights law firm Wardenski P.C. and Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, has filed a class action lawsuit in South Carolina federal court on behalf of a transgender teenager, a proposed class of transgender public school students in South Carolina, and social justice organization…
Public Justice, a national non-profit legal advocacy organization, has filed an amicus brief supporting Los Angeles Sparks player Dearica Hamby in her suit against the WNBA. The lawsuit alleges her former team, the Las Vegas Aces, illegally traded Ms. Hamby to the Sparks because she was pregnant, and that the WNBA retaliated against her for…
Des Moines, Iowa — Last week, the Iowa Supreme Court allowed the ACLU of Iowa, the Fines and Fees Justice Center, and Public Justice to file an amicus brief in State of Iowa v. Ronald Pagliai (PAG-lee-eye), a case currently before the Court. The amicus brief argues that Iowa courts may not bill low-income Iowans…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— A federal judge has found HRK Holdings LLC liable for a major pollution event in 2021. HRK’s Piney Point facility was linked to a massive fish kill after 215 million gallons of toxic wastewater were discharged into Tampa Bay to avert the catastrophic collapse of a waste impoundment. The Wednesday afternoon…
For Immediate Release: September 16, 2024 Media Contacts: Nicole Funaro, Media Relations Strategist | nfunaro@publicjustice.net Megan Varvais, Access to Justice Communications Strategist | mvarvais@publicjustice.net WASHINGTON, D.C. — In light of the recent news of the Walt Disney Company’s attempted use of its terms and conditions to deny the legal rights of its patrons harmed at…
Last week, the Federal Communications Commission issued new regulations that will drastically reduce the costs for families to talk to their loved ones who are in jail or prison. For the first time, both phone and video call charges are capped. The FCC also banned up-front commission payments to prisons and jails and barred telecom…