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October 7, 2015 In Updates

CFPB Proposes Barring Arbitration Clauses that Stop Class Actions

photo credit: plastic please via photopin (license) Potential change would open courthouse doors to tens of millions stripped of right to sue By Aidan O’SheaCommunications Specialist On Wednesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed rules designed to prevent consumer financial companies from barring consumers’ ability to file, or join, a…

September 30, 2015 In Updates

Public Justice Challenging Constitutionality of Wyoming Data Censorship Laws

Image via Ian Crowther on Flickr Laws Challenged on First Amendment, Equal Protection Grounds By Aidan O’SheaCommunications Specialist Public Justice and its allies filed a lawsuit yesterday challenging the constitutionality of Wyoming laws that made it illegal for citizens to collect data about the state’s…

August 7, 2015 In Updates

Brad Moore Becomes Public Justice President

Public Justice President Brad Moore Speaking at the 2015 Public Justice Gala in Montreal. “I was meant to be a part of this place.” That’s how Brad Moore, the newly elected President of the Public Justice Foundation, described the natural fit he sees between his work…

July 17, 2015 In Updates

Rosa Moreno Receives 2015 Illuminating Injustice Award

Rosa Moreno, a woman from Mexico who lost her hands while manufacturing LG televisions, then was denied an opportunity to sue LG due to a technicality, received Public Justice’s Illuminating Injustice Award on Monday. Moreno lost both her hands when the metal press she was…

July 14, 2015 In Updates

Legal Team in Landmark Labor Trafficking Case Named Trial Lawyers of the Year

The legal team behind one of the largest labor trafficking cases ever brought in the United States, resulting in a $14 million verdict for immigrant workers, was named winner of the Public Justice Foundation’s Trial Lawyer of the Year award during the organization’s annual gala…

July 10, 2015 In Updates

Join Us for a Google Hangout on the Harm of Forced Arbitration and Fighting Back

Buried in everyday agreements for products, services and jobs is fine print saying if you are harmed, you can’t go before an impartial judge or jury. That’s why Public Justice and our allies are working to spread the word about forced arbitration and discuss ways…

June 29, 2015 In Updates

New York School District Settles Anti-Semitic Bullying Case

Graffiti photographed by security at Pine Bush High School. A New York state school district has agreed to sweeping changes that will protect children from systemic harassment and bullying, as part of a settlement with five current and former students who suffered virulent anti-Semitic harassment…

June 11, 2015 In Updates

2015 Illuminating Injustice Recipient Rosa Moreno Writes Guardian Op-Ed on Her Struggle

The 2015 Illuminating Injustice Award will be given to Rosa Moreno, a woman from Mexico who lost her hands while manufacturing LG televisions, then was denied an opportunity to sue LG due to a technicality. Rosa Moreno lost both her hands when the metal press…

June 4, 2015 In Updates

Public Justice Announces Finalists for 2015 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award

The five finalist cases for Public Justice’s Trial Lawyer of the Year Award include landmark cases dealing with immigrants’, workers’, and civil rights as well as government misconduct and wrongful conviction. The award, which celebrates and recognizes the work of an attorney or team of…

May 11, 2015 In Updates

Settlement with Factory Farm to Ensure Clean Water for Washington Community

An image from the Ericksen Report, submitted by the plaintiffs in this case. Public Justice and its allies today secured settlements with four industrial mega-dairies in rural Washington responsible for contaminating groundwater. The settlement will ensure clean drinking water for the surrounding community. Four Washington…