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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…

March 10, 2015 In Updates

CFPB Report Finds Forced Arbitration is Bad for Consumers

photo credit: plastic please via photopin (license) By Aidan O’SheaCommunications Specialist A report released today by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has found that forced arbitration clauses – language in consumer contracts that pushes any customer dispute out of court and into a private, secret,…

February 17, 2015 In Updates

California Supreme Court Poised to Rule in Fight for the Integrity of Organic Food Labeling

By Aidan O’SheaCommunications Specialist& Leslie BruecknerSenior Attorney The principle that you should get what you pay for is central to consumer rights in America. When someone chooses to pay more for food marked as “100 percent Organic,” they should be able to expect that they’re…

January 26, 2015 In Updates

Public Justice Attorney Jim Hecker to Receive 2015 Kerry Rydberg Award for Environmental Activism

By Aidan O’SheaCommunications Specialist Jim Hecker Update: On March 6, Jim Hecker received the Kerry Rydberg Award at the Publc Interest Environmental Law Conference in Eugene, Ore. In the below video (the presentation begins around the ten-minute mark), past winners honor Hecker for making…

January 15, 2015 In Updates

Dairies Can Be Liable for Manure Under Federal Law, Judge Rules

An image from the Ericksen report, submitted by the plaintiffs in this case. A federal judge in Washington State has backed arguments by environmental groups that animal waste that is incorrectly disposed of by livestock facilities can violate solid waste disposal rules and pose an…

December 17, 2014 In Updates

Landmark Settlement Means Coal Mines Have New Obligations to Restore Impaired Streams

A degraded watershed in central Appalachia. First-of-its-kind agreement forces cleanup of conductivity pollution in West Virginia A coalition of environmental groups represented by Public Justice and Appalachian Mountain Advocates has reached a settlement with two Appalachian coal mining companies that breaks new ground by requiring…