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  • Federal Trial Begins in Center for Food Safety Lawsuit Challenging River Pollution from Industrial Dairy

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 20, 2026CONTACT:Kingsly A. McConnell, kmcconnell@centerforfoodsafety.org, (971) 2717372Charlie M. Tebbutt, charlie@tebbuttlaw.com, (541) 285-3717Nicole Funaro, Public Justice, nfunaro@publicjustice.net Case Tests Whether Factory Farms Will Be Held Accountable Under the Clean Water Act Syracuse, New York — Today, a federal trial begins in Center for Food Safety’s lawsuit against Wood Farms LLC, a…

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  • Youth Plaintiffs Ask Full Ninth Circuit to Rehear Constitutional Climate Case Against Trump Fossil Fuel Orders

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 17, 2026 Contacts:  Julia Olson, Chief Legal Counsel, 415.786.4825, julia@ourchildrenstrust.org   Helen Britto, Communications Director, 925.588.1171, helen@ourchildrenstrust.orgNicole Funaro, Director of Media & Storytelling, communications@publicjustice.net En banc petition argues three-judge panel ignored uncontested evidence and Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit precedent, and improperly abandoned its constitutional duty SAN FRANCISCO — As wildfire smoke…

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  • Video Footage of Use of Force, Other Critical Records Unsealed in Lawsuit Against ICE Contractor GEO Group

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 10, 2026 Media Contacts: Nicole Funaro, Public Justice, communications@publicjustice.net Tamara Marquez, Communications Director, ICIJ, tamara@ic4ij.org Ben Camacho, The Southlander, 562-287-4629, ben.camacho@thesouthlander.com Emily Elena Dugdale, Executive Editor, Los Angeles Public Press, eedugdale@lapublicpress.org RIVERSIDE, CA — Video footage of a use of force incident, along with more than 50 other records have been…

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  • Antonio Romanucci to Receive 2026 Champion of Justice Award

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 1, 2026Media contacts:Nicole Funaro, Director of Media & Storytelling, Public Justice, communications@publicjustice.net (CHICAGO) — On Monday, July 27, Antonio Romanucci, Founding Partner of Romanucci & Blandin, LLC, will receive the 2026 Champion of Justice Award at Public Justice’s 44th Annual Gala and Awards Dinner. Given in recognition of his unwavering commitment to…

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  • Mississippi Court Administrator Agrees to Continue Providing Attorneys with Access to Youth Court Records, Helping Prevent Youth Court System from Collapsing on July 1

    The agreement was per a court order in a recent lawsuit filed by the state public defender FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jun 30, 2026 Media Contact:Madhvi Venkatraman | Civil Rights Corps | media@civilrightscorps.orgNicole Funaro | Public Justice | nfunaro@publicjustice.net Jackson, MS – On June 24, the Mississippi Office of State Public Defender sued the state Administrative…

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  • Public Justice Announces Finalists for 2026 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award

    For Immediate Release June 24, 2026 Media Contact: Nicole Funaro, Director of Media & Storytelling, Public Justice, communications@publicjustice.net (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Public Justice has announced the finalists for the 2026 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award. The TLOY Award celebrates and recognizes the accomplishments of an attorney or a team of attorneys who made the…

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  • Chemours to Resolve Violations of Federal Law at Chemours Washington Works Plant Following WV River Coalition’s Clean Water Act Citizen Suit

    For Immediate Release Contact: Amanda Demmerle, Staff Attorney, Appalachian Mountain Advocates, ademmerle@appalmad.orgJennie Smith, Executive Director, WV Rivers Coalition, jsmith@wvrivers.orgNicole Funaro, Director of Media & Storytelling, Public Justice, communications@publicjustice.net Morgantown, W. Va. — Today, a Consent Decree was lodged in the Southern District of West Virginia that, if approved by the court after a public comment period,…

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  • A Litigation Update in ‘Tennessee v. McMahon’ and ‘Carroll Independent School District v. Department of Education’

    We fought in the courts for a Title IX rule that better protects pregnant and postpartum students. In 2025, two federal courts in Kentucky and Texas struck down the Biden administration’s 2024 Title IX Rule after conservative individuals, organizations, and states brought nine lawsuits across the country challenging the 2024 Rule. As a result, the…

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  • U.S. Agents Sued For Damages Under Maine Civil Rights Act For Arresting and Threatening A Peaceful Neighborhood Observer During ICE’s January Rampage

    This is the first lawsuit in Maine under state law for monetary remedies against DHS agents for violating the constitutional rights of legal observers, and one of the first actions for damages under a state civil rights law against DHS agents nationwide. The Plaintiff is a retired VA counselor who was exercising his constitutional right…

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