For Immediate Release: March 13, 2023 NEW YORK and BOSTON — Sanford Heisler Sharp announced today that Public Justice is joining as co-counsel in its ongoing litigation against Harvard University and the President and Fellows of Harvard College. On February 8, 2022, Sanford Heisler Sharp filed a complaint in Massachusetts federal court alleging that Harvard…
For Immediate Release: March 6, 2023 Media Contact: People’s Parity Project: Molly Coleman | molly@peoplesparity.org Towards Justice: David Seligman | david@towardsjustice.org Public Justice: Lucy Sears | lsears@publicjustice.net National Consumer Law Center: Stephen Rouzer | srouzer@nclc.org Open Markets Institute: Sandeep Vaheesan | vaheesan@openmarketsinstitute.org Worker and consumer rights advocates from California and across the country call on…
In the face of yet another senseless act of murder at the hands of the police, we are once again reminded of the cruel injustice and violence Black people face at the hands of law enforcement every day. We join Tyre Nichols’ family and community in mourning his death and honoring a life tragically cut…
For Immediate Release January 10, 2023 Contact: Lucy Sears (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net ILLINOIS – On Monday, January 9, 2023, the Northern District of Illinois denied DePaul University’s motion to dismiss a Title IX retaliation case brought by Dr. Jenny Conviser, a sports psychologist, whose company Ascend, had provided mental health care to DePaul’s student…
LGBTQ+ venues like Club Q should be places of freedom, not fear. Hope, not hatred. And community, not killing. But while much is not yet known, it is undeniable that Saturday’s tragedy takes place against a backdrop of hateful speech targeting LGBTQ+ people, and that this was particularly true in Colorado Springs. Without knowing what…
For Immediate Release November 14, 2022 Contact: Lucy Sears (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net Contact: Cheryl Bonacci (818) 339-6928 | cheryl@civilrightscorps.org LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – On November 14, 2022, Public Justice’s Debtors’ Prison Project, in partnership with Civil Rights Corps, Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP, Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes, LLP, and Munger,…
For Immediate Release October 24, 2022 Contact: Sarah King (215) 568-3500 | sking@messalaw.com The lawsuit filed in December 2020, Jane Doe v. North Penn School District, seeks to hold North Penn School District accountable for its failure to appropriately respond to the repeated sexual assaults of Jane Doe by a classmate and failure…
For Immediate Release October 25, 2022 Contact: Lucy Sears (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net Gregg Kelley (202) 319-1070 | gregg_kelley@washlaw.org On Friday, October 21, the legal team representing three Virginia Tech students filed a motion to dismiss lawsuits brought against the college students by their former employer under Maryland’s anti-SLAPP (strategic Lawsuit Against Public…
For Immediate Release October 18, 2022 Contact: Lucy Sears (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net Today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals revived Amazon workers’ COVID-19 safety claims at its JFK8 facility in Staten Island. Derrick Palmer, a plaintiff in the case, released the following statement: “I’m thrilled the Court agreed that I and other Amazon workers…