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April 18, 2014 In Updates

Lead-Paint Decision: Providing A Safer Place for Children

Judge Orders Lead Paint Companies to Pay $1.15 Billion into State Fund to Clean Affected Homes When Nathaniel Stone moved into an Oakland, Calif. apartment with his 2-month-old son Antonio, he said he was simply looking for a place where the two could “lay our…

February 25, 2014 In Updates

Nemphos v. Nestle Waters North America, Inc., et al.

When Michelle Nemphos’ daughter’s adult teeth started erupting, she was dismayed to see very bright white spots on her teeth. And Nemphos was surprised because she had been careful to ensure her daughter had almost exclusively fluoridated water from the time she was an infant…

February 25, 2014 In Updates

Settlement Provides Clean Water, New Data in Factory Dairy Cases

First successful use of RCRA offers hope for widespread reforms at factory dairies A Washington State industrialized dairy has agreed to settle a federal environmental lawsuit against it, saying it would go bankrupt if the suit went forward. The settlement is significant in that it…

February 3, 2014 In Updates

Court Says Scammed Customers Cannot Be Forced into Arbitration

By Aidan O’SheaCommunications Specialist In a case regarding a car dealership that misrepresented and marked up a fee in its contracts with customers, the Florida First District Court of Appeal has now written a thorough opinion outlining the reasons why those customers taking part in a class…

January 27, 2014 In Updates

U.S. Sees Sufficient Evidence in Pine Bush Anti-Semitic Bullying Case

By Catherine Behan, Public Justice The United States filed a brief in federal court on Friday night saying the evidence in Public Justice’s T.E. v Pine Bush Central School District bullying case “is sufficient for a jury to find that the district failed to respond…

December 19, 2013 In Updates

ERISA benefits plans may shorten limitations period for federal claims, SCOTUS holds

Public Justice argued on behalf of the beneficiary By Sarah Jones ERISA does not prohibit benefits plans from starting the clock running on an employee’s benefits lawsuit before that lawsuit could be filed in court, the U.S. Supreme Court held this week, departing from…

December 12, 2013 In Updates

Debt-relief scammers can’t use arbitration clause to avoid victim’s lawsuit, Ninth Circuit affirms

By Sarah Jones, Public Justice Unscrupulous debt-relief companies that did not actually provide any services to their customers cannot use an arbitration clause to prevent their customers from suing in court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held today, affirming the lower…

October 11, 2013 In Updates

Public Justice to Argue in Supreme Court Against ERISA Statue of Limitations Injustice

Public Justice will argue before the Supreme Court next week on behalf of a disabled former Wal-Mart employee who was denied disability benefits, yet unable to file a lawsuit challenging that denial because of a catch-22 in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)…

July 25, 2013 In Updates

Champion of Justice & TLOY Award Winners Honored in San Francisco

At the Public Justice Foundation’s 31st Annual Gala & Awards Dinner in San Francisco, Alan R. Brayton won the Champion of Justice Award, and Matthew Coyte and Jack Jacks were awarded the 2013 Trial Lawyers of the Year Award. As Executive Director Arthur Bryant said…

June 27, 2013 In Updates

Supreme Court Grants Big Pharma Co. Immunity for Defectively Designed Drug

Today, ruling 5 to 4, the U.S. Supreme Court dramatically limited generic drug companies’ liability for manufacturing defectively designed drugs. The case is Mutual Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. v. Bartlett. In Bartlett, Public Justice filed an amici brief with the American Association for Justice. Plaintiff Karen…