Statement on The Ohio State University president Walter “Ted” Carter announcing his resignation after disclosing an inappropriate relationship: “Ted Carter said he “made a mistake” by engaging in an inappropriate relationship. But as the legal team for hundreds of sexual assault survivors who OSU has failed for decades, we believe this goes deeper than a…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 6, 2026 Media Contacts: Nicole Funaro, communications@publicjustice.net PORTLAND, OR — Several media organizations, represented by nonprofit legal advocacy organizations Public Justice and Public Accountability, have filed a motion to intervene to protect the public’s right of access to records in Oregon v. Trump, a lawsuit stemming from the deployment of the National…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 3, 2026 CONTACT: press@democracyforward.org, communications@publicjustice.net Friend of the Court Brief in Texas Fair Housing Case Calls Out Troubling Terms of Settlement Agreement HOUSTON – A coalition, led by the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) and composed of nonprofit organizations focused on fair housing, civil rights, and immigration advocacy, today asked a…
Contacts: Julia Olson, Chief Legal Counsel, 415.786.4825, julia@ourchildrenstrust.org Helen Britto, Comms. Associate Director, 925.588.1171, helen@ourchildrenstrust.org Nicole Funaro, Media Relations Strategist, communications@publicjustice.net WASHINGTON — 18 young people from across the United States, represented by Our Children’s Trust and Public Justice, have filed a petition challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to rescind…
Contacts: Julia Olson, Chief Legal Counsel, 415.786.4825, julia@ourchildrenstrust.org Helen Britto, Comms. Associate Director, 925.588.1171, helen@ourchildrenstrust.org Nicole Funaro, Media Relations Strategist, nfunaro@publicjustice.net Today, the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revoked its 2009 endangerment finding, striking down the agency’s longstanding science-based conclusion that greenhouse gases endanger the public health of Americans. The move eliminates the U.S.…
Media Contact: communications@publicjustice.net Public Justice is representing independent news publication Law Dork to ask the court to lift the access restriction on the electronic docket for U.H.A. v. Bondi, a civil lawsuit stemming from the mass warrantless detention of lawfully admitted refugees in Minnesota. Because the case was filed as an immigration-related habeas action, members…
On Feb. 4, the California Court of Appeals for the Fourth District sided with our client in Parsonage v. Walmart — a suit against Walmart alleging a violation of California Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act (ICRAA), which says that people can bring claims when an employer or consumer reporting agency misuses their personal information. The…
Feb. 3, 2026 Media Contacts: Nicole Funaro, Media Relations Strategist, Public Justice, nfunaro@publicjustice.net Tamara Marquez, Communications Director, ICIJ, tamara@ic4ij.org Ben Camacho, The Southlander, 562-287-4629, ben.camacho@thesouthlander.com Emily Elena Dugdale, Los Angeles Public Press, eedugdale@lapublicpress.org RIVERSIDE, CA — Public Justice has filed a motion to intervene and unseal crucial court records in Hugo Gonzalez, et al. v.…
Media Contacts: Nicole Funaro | Public Justice | nfunaro@publicjustice.net Madhvi Venkatraman | Civil Rights Corps | media@civilrightscorps.org ORANGE COUNTY, CA — An Orange County Superior Court judge has enjoined Riverside County, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, and Sheriff Chad Bianco, stopping them from jailing people arrested on lower-level charges before they have a court hearing…