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  • Groups Urge EPA to Regulate Coal Pollution from Uncovered Rail Cars

    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…

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  • En Banc Ninth Circuit Allows Victim’s Title IX Claim for Off-Campus Abuse to Move Forward

    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…

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  • Study: 99% of Consumers Unaware they are Subject to Forced Arbitration

    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…

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  • This year, celebrating Pride feels like a necessary act of defiance and rebellion.

    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…

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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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  • Amazon Delivery Drivers Sue Employer for Labor Violations, Discriminatory Practices In Not Providing Bathroom Breaks

        For Immediate Release May 23, 2023 Contact: David Seligman | press@towardsjustice.org Lucy Sears (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net Three Amazon delivery drivers in Colorado file a class action suit against Amazon for its failure to provide adequate bathroom breaks, demanding policy changes   DENVER, COLO.  – Yesterday, three Amazon delivery drivers filed a proposed…

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  • Los Angeles Superior Court Issues Preliminary Injunction in Money Bail Lawsuit

    For Immediate Release: May 16, 2023  Press Contacts: Cheryl Bonnachi, Civil Rights Corps | 818-339-6928 | cheryl@civilrightscorps.org Sara Rosenblit, Munger, Tolles and Olson, LLP | press@mto.com Lucy Sears, Public Justice | (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lawrence Riff grants motion for preliminary injunction, halting enforcement of LA County’s cash bail schedule,…

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  • Texas County Agrees to $1.325 Million Settlement in Wrongful Death Suit Against Webb County Jail

    For Immediate Release May 10, 2023 Contact: Lucy Sears lsears@publicjustice.net TEXAS – On April 25, 2023, Texas’ Webb County and jailers at Webb County Jail settled a wrongful death suit for $1.325 million. The lawsuit was first filed in May 2020, on behalf of Nelda Nuncio, the mother of Luis Alberto “Albert” Barrientos, a 22-year-old…

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  • Public Justice Executive Director Paul Bland Announces Plan to Step Down in 2024

    For Immediate Release May 8, 2023          Contact: Lucy Sears  (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net Bland Oversaw Transformation of Organization’s Focus, Mission and Success  WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Public Justice executive director Paul Bland, a renowned litigator and nationally respected authority on preserving class litigation and fighting forced arbitration announced that he plans…

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