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  • Florida Issues Draft Permit for Piney Point Phosphate Facility Following Clean Water Act Lawsuit

    For Immediate Release May 1, 2023 Contact: Ragan Whitlock, Center for Biological Diversity, (727) 426-3653, rwhitlock@biologicaldiversity.org Lucy Sears, Public Justice’s Environmental Enforcement Project, (240) 676-4499, lsears@publicjustice.net Justin Bloom, Tampa Bay Waterkeeper, (941) 275-2922, jbloom@suncoastwaterkeeper.org Glenn Compton, ManaSota-88, (941) 966-6256, manasota88@comcast.net Problematic Site Has Operated Without Permitting for More Than 20 Years ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following litigation,…

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  • Public Justice Statement on Re-Introduction of the FAIR Act

    Today, in response to Congress’s reintroduction of the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act, Public Justice released the following statement: “Public Justice applauds Rep. Hank Johnson and Sen. Richard Blumenthal for reintroducing both House and Senate versions of the FAIR Act, which seeks to end the secretive and rigged practice of forced arbitration and ensure…

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  • Sanford Heisler Sharp and Public Justice Prevail on Motion to Dismiss and Motion for Summary Judgment in Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit against Harvard

    For Immediate Release: April 4, 2023 Plaintiffs Have Stated Claims for Deliberate Indifference to Sexual Harassment & Retaliation, Violations of Massachusetts Civil Rights Laws, Court Rules   April 4, BOSTON – On March 31, 2023, Magistrate Judge Judith Dein of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts affirmed that the claims of…

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  • Alabama School District Agrees to Adopt Critical LGBTQ Protections as Part of Settlement with Family of Nigel Shelby

    For Immediate Release: March 29, 2023 Media Contact: Lucy Sears, lsears@publicjustice.net HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA – The family of Nigel Shelby, a Black, openly gay teenager who died by suicide after experiencing severe, unchecked anti-gay harassment and race discrimination while attending Alabama’s Huntsville High School, reached a settlement with the Huntsville City Board of Education, concluding the federal…

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  • National Legal Advocacy Nonprofit Public Justice Joins Sanford Heisler Sharp as Co-Counsel in Title IX Lawsuit Against Harvard University

    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…

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  • Advocates Urge COPRAC to Move Swiftly on Critical Ethics Opinion

    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…

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  • Public Justice Statement in Support of Ending Qualified Immunity

    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…

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  • Illinois District Court Affirms Federal Civil Rights Protections for Independent Contractors, Allowing Title IX Case Against DePaul University to Proceed

    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…

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  • Public Justice Statement in Response to Shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs

    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…

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