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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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  • Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Los Angeles County’s Bail Schedule Policy

      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,…

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  • Major Win for Messa & Associates Attorney Laura E. Laughlin and Co-Counsel Adele Kimmel of Public Justice in Their Case Against North Penn School District Involving the Repeated Sexual Harassment of Student

        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…

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  • Virginia Tech Students Fight Lawsuit After Reporting Illegal Wage Theft

        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…

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  • Plaintiffs in Palmer v. Amazon Revive Safety Claims in Second Circuit Victory

    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…

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  • Victory: Approved Consent Decree Requires Cleanup of Drummond’s Maxine Mine Site

    For Immediate Release August 11, 2022 Contact: Lucy Sears (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In a major victory for the health of the lower Locust Fork and the Black Warrior River, a federal judge in Birmingham has granted the request by Black Warrior Riverkeeper and its attorneys, the Southern Environmental Law Center and Public…

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