Article Archives
Archived news articles are listed below in reverse chronological order by practice area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Class Action Preservation, Consumers’ Rights, Court Secrecy, Mandatory Arbitration, The Environment, and Workers’ Rights. To see our most recent articles, visit our Articles page.
Civil Rights & Liberties
Alan Prendergast
Denver Westword
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Jensen Beach Lacrosse Coach Wins Showdown Over . . . Shoes? [external link]
Ray McNulty
TC Palm/Scripps
Friday, October 14, 2011
Critics Claim Arbitration in Medical Cases Limits Rights [download PDF]
Alan Choate
Las Vegas Record-Journal
Monday, August 15, 2011
Lorraine McCarthy
Toxics Law Reporter (BNA)
Thursday, April 14, 2011
U.S. to Pay Damages Over Detainee’s Cancer Death [external link]
Bob Egelko
San Francisco Chronicle
Friday, April 8, 2011
Wal-Mart Case Has Historic Implications [download PDF]
Peter Urban
Arkansas News/Stephens Media
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Seventh Circuit Weighs In on Pleading Standard Under Twombly [download PDF]
Alison Torres Burtka
Trial Magazine
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Castaneda v. State of CA Named a Top 10 Verdict of 2010 [download PDF]
Amy Yarbrough
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
San Francisco Daily Journal & Los Angeles Daily Journal
San Francisco Daily Journal & Los Angeles Daily Journal
Pleading: Where Things Stand After Iqbal [download PDF]
Claire Prestel
U.S. Law Week (BNA)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
$1.7 Million Verdict for Inmate’s Untreated Cancer [download PDF]
Bob Egelko
San Francisco Chronicle
Friday, November 12, 2010
Court: $1.73M Award for Man Denied Care in Custody [external link]
Associated Press
USA Today
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Audio: Title IX Expert Leslie Brueckner on Suit Filed Against Chicago Public Schools [external link]
WGN Radio
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Sikhs Challenge Discrimination in Courts [download PDF]
William Fisher
Inter Press News Agency
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Sikh Man Sues Convenience Store Chain [download PDF]
Ray Gronberg
Durham NC Herald-Sun
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Family Fare Sued by Man Claiming Religion-Based Bias [download PDF]
Yonat Shimron
The News & Observer
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Court Rules on Liability in Man’s Death: Federal Health Workers Can’t be Sued Individually [download PDF]
Leslie Berestein
San Diego Union-Tribune
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Court: Fed Docs Can’t Be Sued for Immigrant Death [download PDF]
Jesse J. Holland
Boston Globe
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Family Can’t Collect Damages in Prisoner’s Death [download PDF]
Bob Egelko
San Francisco Chronicle
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
McClatchy Newspapers
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Robert Barnes
Washington Post
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Medical Claim Loses Before Court [download PDF]
David G. Savage
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Kaiser Health News
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Supreme Court: Family Can’t Sue Over Detainee’s Death [download PDF]
Democracy Now!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
David G. Savage
LA Times
Monday, May 3, 2010
Court: Jail Docs Not Liable for Immigrant Death [download PDF]
Associated Press
CBS News
Monday, May 3, 2010
Justices Agree on Detainee Death Case [download PDF]
Adam Liptak
New York Times
Monday, May 3, 2010
Castaneda v. State of CA Named a Top 10 Verdict of 2010 [download PDF]
Amy Yarbrough
San Francisco Daily Journal & Los Angeles Daily Journal
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Sports Litigation Alert
Friday, November 20, 2009
Joe D’Aquisto
Tuscon World Travel Examiner
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Litigating Medical Neglect Cases on Behalf of Immigrant Detainees: The Impact of the Ninth Circuit’s Decision in Castaneda v. Henneford [download PDF]
Adele P. Kimmel, Conal Doyle and Thomas M. Dempsey
Presented at the Western Trial Lawyers Association
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Pamela A. MacLean
Law.Com
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Go Directly to Jail … and Die [download PDF]
Thomas Larson
San Diego Weekly Reader
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Plaintiff Magazine
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Class Action Preservation
Jessie Kokrda Kamens
Class Action Litigation Report (BNA)
Friday, November 11, 2011
Dust Settling After Dynamite SCOTUS Term [download PDF]
Jessie Kokrda Kamens
Class Action Litigation Report (BNA)
Friday, October 28, 2011
Jessie Kokrda Kamens
Class Action Litigation Report (BNA)
Friday, May 13, 2011
Class Waivers in Consumer Contracts Violate Nevada Public Policy, Supreme Court Holds [download PDF]
Class Action Litigation Report (BNA)
Friday, April 22, 2011
Supreme Court Faces Wal-Mart-Size Decision [download PDF]
Robert Barnes
Washington Post
Monday, March 28, 2011
Wal-Mart Case Has Historic Implications [download PDF]
Peter Urban
Arkansas News/Stephens Media
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Stolt-Nielsen Doesn’t Sway Second Circuit: Class Waiver Void if Single Suits Too Pricey [download PDF]
Jessie Kokrda Kamens
Class Action Litigation Report (BNA)
Friday, March 11, 2011
Appeal Rules Against Arbitration; Distric Court Ruling Regarding Payday Loans to Stay [download PDF]
Scott Sandlin
Albuquerque Journal
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Woman Wants Class-Action Suit Against Payday Lender [download PDF]
Scott Sandlin
Albuquerque Journal
Monday, January 24, 2011
Kentucky Supreme Court Says Insight Customers Can Pursue Class-Action Suit [download PDF]
Patrick Howington
Louisville Courier-Journal
Monday, December 20, 2010
Big Term for Class Actions [download PDF]
Marcia Coyle
National Law Journal
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Consumer Protection’s Citizens United [download PDF]
Stephanie Mencimer
Mother Jones
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Consumers Have a Stake in U.S. Supreme Court Case [download PDF]
Sheryl Harris
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Monday, November 8, 2010
Jessie Kokrda Kamens
Class Action Litigation Report (BNA)
Friday, October 1, 2010
Payday Lender Agrees to Pay Lawsuit Plaintiffs [download PDF]
Matt Tomsic
Wilmington NC Star News
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
High Court Case Could Eviscerate Consumer Class Actions [download PDF]
Erin Drenning
Dolan Media Newswire
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Andrew M. Ballard
Class Action Litigation Report (BNA)
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Federal Appeals Court Clears Way for DirecTV Lawsuit for Alleged ‘Bait-and-Switch’ Scheme [download PDF]
Kern Valley Sun
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Third Circuit Deals Blow to Class-Arbitration Waivers [download PDF]
Shannon Duffy
Legal Intelligencer
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
America’s Access to Justice at Risk [download PDF]
The Times of Trenton (NJ)
Sunday, November 23, 2008
The Rapidly Shifting Landscape in Class Action Bans Embedded in Mandatory Arbitration Clauses [download PDF]
NCLC Reports
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Class Actions Evolving to Survive, Conference Concludes [download PDF]
Rebecca Porter
Trial Magazine
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Preserving Access to Justice for All [download PDF]
Just Law (Southern Trial Lawyers Association)
Consumers’ Rights
Jessie Kokrda Kamens
Class Action Litigation Report (BNA)
Friday, November 11, 2011
Public Justice newsletter
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Critics Claim Arbitration in Medical Cases Limits Rights [download PDF]
Alan Choate
Las Vegas Record-Journal
Monday, August 15, 2011
Public Justice newsletter
Friday, May 27, 2011
Jessie Kokrda Kamens
Class Action Litigation Report (BNA)
Friday, May 13, 2011
Class Waivers in Consumer Contracts Violate Nevada Public Policy, Supreme Court Holds [download PDF]
Class Action Litigation Report (BNA)
Friday, April 22, 2011
Supreme Court Faces Wal-Mart-Size Decision [download PDF]
Robert Barnes
Washington Post
Monday, March 28, 2011
Wal-Mart Case Has Historic Implications [download PDF]
Peter Urban
Arkansas News/Stephens Media
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Stolt-Nielsen Doesn’t Sway Second Circuit: Class Waiver Void if Single Suits Too Pricey [download PDF]
Jessie Kokrda Kamens
Class Action Litigation Report (BNA)
Friday, March 11, 2011
Appeal Rules Against Arbitration; Distric Court Ruling Regarding Payday Loans to Stay [download PDF]
Scott Sandlin
Albuquerque Journal
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Seventh Circuit Weighs In on Pleading Standard Under Twombly [download PDF]
Alison Torres Burtka
Trial Magazine
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Woman Wants Class-Action Suit Against Payday Lender [download PDF]
Scott Sandlin
Albuquerque Journal
Monday, January 24, 2011
Pleading: Where Things Stand After Iqbal [download PDF]
Claire Prestel
U.S. Law Week (BNA)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Big Term for Class Actions [download PDF]
Marcia Coyle
National Law Journal
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Consumer Protection’s Citizens United [download PDF]
Stephanie Mencimer
Mother Jones
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Consumers Have a Stake in U.S. Supreme Court Case [download PDF]
Sheryl Harris
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Monday, November 8, 2010
Debts Wiped Out for 140,000 Payday Loan Customers [download PDF]
Brenda Craig
LawyersandSettlements.com
Monday, September 27, 2010
Payday Lender Agrees to Pay Lawsuit Plaintiffs [download PDF]
Matt Tomsic
Wilmington NC Star News
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
High Court Case Could Eviscerate Consumer Class Actions [download PDF]
Erin Drenning
Dolan Media Newswire
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Andrew M. Ballard
Class Action Litigation Report (BNA)
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Public Justice newsletter
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Eileen Ambrose
Baltimore Sun
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Thoughts on the Rent-A-Center Oral Argument [external link]
Matt Bodie
PrawfsBlawg
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Debt Law Firm’s Fall Brings Chaos [download PDF]
Jamie Hopkins and Andrea Walker
Baltimore Sun
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Product Safety & Liability Reporter (BNA)
Monday, January 4, 2010
Regulators to Congress: End Mandatory Arbitration [download PDF]
Carol E. Curtis
Securities Industry News
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Industry Arbitrators: Five Questions with Brian Smiley [external link]
onwallstreet.com
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Customers Get Refunded for Tainted Toys [download PDF]
Rachel Feintzeig
Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
InjuryBoard.Com
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Plaintiff Magazine
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Forum Magazine
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Drug Label, Maimed Patient and Test for Court [download PDF]
Adam Liptak
New York Times
Friday, September 19, 2008
Trust in Medications is Matter for Justice [download PDF]
Jack Landskroner
Chagrin Valley Times
Monday, September 1, 2008
Rhode Island High Court Overturns Lead Paint Verdict [download PDF]
Eric Tucker
Associated Press
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Jill I. Gross and Barbara Black
REPORT TO THE SECURITIES INDUSTRY CONFERENCE ON ARBITRATION
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Christine E. Blair and Rose M. Kushmeider
FDIC Banking Review
Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Paul Bland Blog Post on Watters v. Wachovia Bank [download PDF]
Court Secrecy
Senator Moves to Block Medical Ghostwriting [download PDF]
Natasha Singer
New York Times
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
NY Times Joins Bid for Wyeth Case Files [download PDF]
Linda Satter
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Monday, June 22, 2009
Do Courts Sanction Suit Secrets? [download PDF]
Lee Davidson
Deseret News
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Federal Preemption
America’s Access to Justice at Risk [download PDF]
The Times of Trenton (NJ)
Sunday, November 23, 2008
In the Eye of the Storm: The United States Supreme Court Takes on Four Preemption Cases Affecting Consumers’ Rights [download PDF]
Toxics Law Reporter (BNA)
Saturday, November 1, 2008
National Law Journal
Monday, October 6, 2008
Wyeth vs. Levine Sets Up A Showdown In The Preemption Corral [download PDF]
Rebecca Porter
Trial Magazine
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Wyeth v. Levine: The Mother of All Preemption Cases [external link]
Jacob Goldstein
Wall Street Journal Health Blog
Friday, September 19, 2008
Christine E. Blair and Rose M. Kushmeider
FDIC Banking Review
Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Paul Bland Blog Post on Watters v. Wachovia Bank [download PDF]
Preserving Access to Justice for All [download PDF]
Just Law (Southern Trial Lawyers Association)
Mandatory Arbitration
Jessie Kokrda Kamens
Class Action Litigation Report (BNA)
Friday, November 11, 2011
Critics Claim Arbitration in Medical Cases Limits Rights [download PDF]
Alan Choate
Las Vegas Record-Journal
Monday, August 15, 2011
Public Justice newsletter
Friday, May 27, 2011
Jessie Kokrda Kamens
Class Action Litigation Report (BNA)
Friday, May 13, 2011
Class Waivers in Consumer Contracts Violate Nevada Public Policy, Supreme Court Holds [download PDF]
Class Action Litigation Report (BNA)
Friday, April 22, 2011
Stolt-Nielsen Doesn’t Sway Second Circuit: Class Waiver Void if Single Suits Too Pricey [download PDF]
Jessie Kokrda Kamens
Class Action Litigation Report (BNA)
Friday, March 11, 2011
Appeal Rules Against Arbitration; Distric Court Ruling Regarding Payday Loans to Stay [download PDF]
Scott Sandlin
Albuquerque Journal
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Woman Wants Class-Action Suit Against Payday Lender [download PDF]
Scott Sandlin
Albuquerque Journal
Monday, January 24, 2011
Big Term for Class Actions [download PDF]
Marcia Coyle
National Law Journal
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Consumer Protection’s Citizens United [download PDF]
Stephanie Mencimer
Mother Jones
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Consumers Have a Stake in U.S. Supreme Court Case [download PDF]
Sheryl Harris
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Monday, November 8, 2010
Payday Lender Agrees to Pay Lawsuit Plaintiffs [download PDF]
Matt Tomsic
Wilmington NC Star News
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
High Court Case Could Eviscerate Consumer Class Actions [download PDF]
Erin Drenning
Dolan Media Newswire
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Andrew M. Ballard
Class Action Litigation Report (BNA)
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Eileen Ambrose
Baltimore Sun
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Thoughts on the Rent-A-Center Oral Argument [external link]
Matt Bodie
PrawfsBlawg
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Debt Law Firm’s Fall Brings Chaos [download PDF]
Jamie Hopkins and Andrea Walker
Baltimore Sun
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Regulators to Congress: End Mandatory Arbitration [download PDF]
Carol E. Curtis
Securities Industry News
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Industry Arbitrators: Five Questions with Brian Smiley [external link]
onwallstreet.com
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Arbitration Awards Across the Country May be Set Aside [external link]
Sylvia Hsieh
Monday, July 27, 2009
Emily Sachar
AARP Bulletin
Monday, June 1, 2009
On Arbitration Fairness: Stop the ABA from Taking the Corporate Side against Civil Rights and Consumers [download PDF]
CL&P Blog
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Study Finds that Arbitration Process Yields Benefits [download PDF]
John Flynn Rooney
Law Bulletin
Friday, March 13, 2009
Trial Trends
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Nathan Koppel
Wall Street Journal / Law Blog
Friday, January 30, 2009
America’s Access to Justice at Risk [download PDF]
The Times of Trenton (NJ)
Sunday, November 23, 2008
CL&P Blog
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Anti-Arbitration Suit Could Impact Congressional Debate [download PDF]
Lawrence Hurley
Daily Journal
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Jill I. Gross and Barbara Black
REPORT TO THE SECURITIES INDUSTRY CONFERENCE ON ARBITRATION
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Preserving Access to Justice for All [download PDF]
Just Law (Southern Trial Lawyers Association)
The Environment
Fourth Circuit Affirms Order for West Virginia to Get Permits for Abandoned Mine Cleanups [download PDF]
Bebe Raupe
Environment Reporter (BNA)
Friday, November 12, 2010
Court Rejects DEP on Mine Water Pollution [download PDF]
Ken Ward Jr.
Charleston Gazette
Monday, November 8, 2010
Public Justice Director Calls Manchin EPA Suit ‘Frivolous’ [download PDF]
Ken Ward Jr.
Charleston Gazette
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Consol Deal to Help Clean Up ‘Straight Pipe’ Pollution [external link]
Ken Ward Jr.
Charleston Gazette
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Environmental Groups Hail Selenium Ruling As ‘Game Changer’ [download PDF]
Ken Ward Jr.
Charleston Gazette
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
WVDEP Loses Another Coal Mine Pollution Case [download PDF]
Ken Ward Jr.
Charleston Gazette
Thursday, September 3, 2009
DEP Helping PPG Out of Citizen Mercury Suit [download PDF]
Ken Ward Jr.
Charleston Gazette
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Jeff Day
Bureau of National Affairs (BNA)
Friday, May 1, 2009
Tensions High as EPA Reasserts Mining Authority: EPA Ceded Permitting Process to Army Corps Under Bush [download PDF]
Mike Lillis
The Washington Independent
Monday, March 30, 2009
Bebe Raupe
Bureau of National Affairs (BNA)
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Ruling Requires DEP to Improve Mine Treatment [download PDF]
Ken Ward Jr.
West Virginia Gazette
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Look What They’re Doing to Our Mountains [download PDF]
Brooke Lea Foster and Cindy Rich
Washingtonian Magazine
Monday, September 1, 2008
Workers’ Rights
Sikhs Challenge Discrimination in Courts [download PDF]
William Fisher
Inter Press News Agency
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Family Fare Sued by Man Claiming Religion-Based Bias [download PDF]
Yonat Shimron
The News & Observer
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Thoughts on the Rent-A-Center Oral Argument [external link]
Matt Bodie
PrawfsBlawg
Wednesday, April 28, 2010