Today, survivors from the three largest lawsuits against The Ohio State University jointly filed a brief regarding which OSU officials had authority to stop Dr. Richard Strauss’s abuse during his tenure at the University. “Seven years ago, Ohio State University’s commissioned Perkins Coie report established that the University knew about Dr. Richard Strauss’s sexual misconduct…
April 13, 2026 Media Contacts: 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 — Public Justice’s motion to intervene in Hugo Gonzalez, et al. v. The GEO Group, Inc., et al. has been granted, clearing a…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 13, 2026 Contacts: Julia Olson, Chief Legal Counsel, 415.786.4825, julia@ourchildrenstrust.org Helen Britto, Communications Director, 925.588.1171, helen@ourchildrenstrust.org Nicole Funaro, Media Relations Strategist, nfunaro@publicjustice.net PORTLAND, Ore. — Youth plaintiffs from across the United States appeared today before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Lighthiser v. Trump, urging the Court to reverse a…
PORTLAND – Youth suing the Trump administration are heading back to federal court. On April 13, 2026, youth from across the country will stand before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Lighthiser v. Trump, challenging President Trump’s pro-fossil fuel Executive Orders that “unleash” fossil fuels, block renewable energy development, suppress critical climate science, and…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, April 1, 2026 Contact: Meredith Rogers, Meredith.Rogers@justice.org, (771) 241-9680 Communications@publicjustice.net Joint Amicus Brief Asks the Court to Uphold the Court of Appeals’ Decision in ‘Monsanto v. Durnell’ WASHINGTON, DC — The American Association for Justice (AAJ) and Public Justice filed an amici curiae brief today urging the U.S. Supreme Court to…
On Tuesday, March 31, the Endangered Species Committee voted to suspend the Endangered Species Act’s protections of the extremely endangered Rice’s whale and that of endangered sea turtles and sperm whales. In doing so, the Trump administration overrode a National Marine Fisheries Service mandate for oil and gas ships in the Gulf of Mexico that…
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…