December 10, 2024 Lawsuit Launched to Clean Up Toxic Coal Ash in Pennsylvania
December 9, 2024 Public Justice, LSP Applaud Appeals Court Ruling on Winona County CAFO
November 21, 2024 Lawsuit Combatting Sexual Abuse in the Modeling Industry Will Go Forward
November 13, 2024 Public Justice Files Lawsuit to Stop South Carolina’s Anti-Trans ‘Bathroom Law’
September 16, 2024 After Disney Wielded Its Terms of Use To Dismiss Customer’s Lawsuit, Groups Call on Congress To Pass FAIR Act
June 12, 2024 Public Justice, ACLU Seek Access to Court Records in FCI Dublin Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
May 13, 2024 Lawsuit Filed to Block Sheriff Extracting Money from People Being Released from Jail to Pay for Shooting Range, Cotton Candy and Ice Cream Machines
May 9, 2024 Court Grants Plaintiffs Access to Witness Interviews Referenced in Perkins Coie Report on OSU Strauss Abuse Investigation
April 3, 2024 Public Justice Files Amicus Brief With Social Scientists in Support of the Rights of Homeless People in Landmark Supreme Court Case
April 3, 2024 Public Justice Names Sharon McGowan Chief Executive Officer
March 21, 2024 Children Sue Michigan Sheriffs, Two Biggest Jail Telecom Companies, and Billionaire Detroit Pistons Owner Tom Gores, Asserting Right to Hug Their Jailed Parents
December 21, 2023 Amazon Tries To Avoid Facing Its Drivers In Court
December 14, 2023 Coalition Applauds Congressional Efforts to Restore Consumer Rights
October 2, 2023 L.A. Takes Step Towards Ending Punishment-for-Poverty Pretrial System
September 26, 2023 Groups Urge EPA to Regulate Coal Pollution from Uncovered Rail Cars
September 25, 2023 En Banc Ninth Circuit Allows Victim’s Title IX Claim for Off-Campus Abuse to Move Forward
July 27, 2023 Study: 99% of Consumers Unaware they are Subject to Forced Arbitration
June 7, 2023 Advocacy Groups File Brief in Arbitration and Elder Abuse Case Before California Supreme Court
May 23, 2023 Amazon Delivery Drivers Sue Employer for Labor Violations, Discriminatory Practices In Not Providing Bathroom Breaks
May 16, 2023 Los Angeles Superior Court Issues Preliminary Injunction in Money Bail Lawsuit
May 9, 2023 Snake River Waterkeeper Sues Simplot for Clean Water Act Violations
May 8, 2023 Public Justice Executive Director Paul Bland Announces Plan to Step Down in 2024
May 1, 2023 Florida Issues Draft Permit for Piney Point Phosphate Facility Following Clean Water Act Lawsuit
April 4, 2023 Sanford Heisler Sharp and Public Justice Prevail on Motion to Dismiss and Motion for Summary Judgment in Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit against Harvard
March 29 2023 Alabama School District Agrees to Adopt Critical LGBTQ Protections as Part of Settlement with Family of Nigel Shelby
March 13 2023 National Legal Advocacy Nonprofit Public Justice Joins Sanford Heisler Sharp as Co-Counsel in Title IX Lawsuit Against Harvard University
March 6, 2023 Advocates Urge COPRAC to Move Swiftly on Critical Ethics Opinion
February 23, 2023 Fourth Circuit Enjoins North Carolina Ag-Gag Law, Affirming Constitutionality of Undercover Investigations and Whistleblowing
January 31, 2023 Third Circuit Court Affirms Legal Tool for Worker Safety
January 10, 2023 Illinois District Court Affirms Federal Civil Rights Protections for Independent Contractors, Allowing Title IX Case Against DePaul University to Proceed
November 14, 2022 Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Los Angeles County’s Bail Schedule Policy
November 7, 2022 Colorado Worker Group Intervenes to Oppose Constitutional Challenge to State’s Workers’ Rights Statute
October 25. 2022 Virginia Tech Students Fight Lawsuit After Reporting Illegal Wage Theft
October 24, 2022 Major Win for Messa & Associates Attorney Laura E. Laughlin and Co-Counsel Adele Kimmel of Public Justice in Their Case Against North Penn School District Involving the Repeated Sexual Harassment of Student
October 18, 2022 Plaintiffs in Palmer v. Amazon Revive Safety Claims in Second Circuit Victory
August 11, 2022 Victory: Approved Consent Decree Requires Cleanup of Drummond’s Maxine Mine Site
July 27, 2022 Fifth Circuit Federal Appeals Court Holds Family’s Wrongful Death Suit Against For-Profit Prison Must Go to Jury, Reviving Due Process Claims
July 26, 2022 Lawsuit Against Smithfield for Lying to Public Will Move Forward
June 2, 2022 Public Justice Statement in Support of Attorney Karla Gilbride’s Nomination to Serve as General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
May 23, 2022 California Senate Passes “Public Right to Know Act”
May 23, 2022 Public Justice Statement on Supreme Court Win in ‘Morgan v. Sundance‘
May 17, 2022 Groups File Proposed Consent Decree Forcing Cleanup of Drummond’s Maxine Mine Site
May 3, 2022 Texas court grants farmers of color groups to represent their own interests in debt relief case
April 28, 2022 Michigan Court Advances Lawsuit Advocating for Workers’ Compensation for Undocumented Workers
February 16, 2022 Senator Leyva Introduces “Public Right to Know Act”
November 22, 2021 After Sponsoring Arkansas’s Ag-Gag Law, Rep. DeAnn Vaught Refuses to Defend its Constitutionality
November 18. 2021 Legal Team Representing Berkeley Women’s Student Union Urges Court to End Meddling in Suit Challenging Trump-Era Title IX Regulations
November 4, 2021 Immigrant Rights Group Files Lawsuit to Ensure Undocumented Workers Receive Workers’ Compensation in Michigan
October 29, 2021 Disability Rights Groups Urge Supreme Court To Uphold Protections Against Disability Discrimination
October 27, 2021 Climate credits for factory farm gas violate civil rights, fail to achieve climate benefits, states petition submitted to CARB
October 26, 2021 Legal Petition Challenges EPA Inaction on Factory Farm Air Pollution
September 30, 2021 District Court Advances Ranch Group Lawsuit Challenging USDA’s Operation of Beef Checkoff Program
September 22, 2021 Survivors of Sexual Assault at Ohio State University Announce Appeal of ‘Deeply Disappointing’ Ruling Denying Justice for Former Students & Others
September 15, 2021 Climate, Environmental Justice Groups Call US-EU Methane Reduction Commitment a Long Overdue First Step; Urge Biden Administration to Grant Petition and Reject Big Ag’s False Methane Solutions
September 2, 2021 Appeals Court Sends Hormel “Natural Choice” Deceptive Advertising Case to Trial
August 24, 2021 West Virginia’s Grossly Underfunded Mine Reclamation Program Violates Law, Biden Administration Determines
August 19, 2021 Appeals Court Affirms Kansas Ag-Gag Law is Unconstitutional
August 10, 2021 Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of Iowa’s Revamped Ag-Gag Law
August 9, 2021 Public Justice and Allies Secure Win in Arkansas Ag-Gag Law
July 26, 2021 Plaintiffs Respond to Amazon Motion to Dismiss Appeal in JFK8 Worker Safety Suit
July 1, 2021 Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement and Food & Water Watch File Petition for Rehearing with Iowa Supreme Court
June 28, 2021 29 Additional Strauss Survivors, Including Individual Abused As High Schooler, Sue OSU Over Abuse and Coverup
June 16, 2021 Smithfield Lied to the Public at the Expense of Workers’ Lives, New Lawsuit Alleges
June 10, 2021 Public Justice urges Biden Administration to expand mandatory protections to all workers in dangerous workplaces
April 19, 2021 Western Businesses Intervene to Oppose Challenge to Biden Executive Order Pausing BLM Land Leasing for Oil & Gas
April 15, 2021 A Full Month After Emergency Temporary Standard Deadline, Public Justice Urges the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to Protect Workers from COVID-19 by Issuing an ETS
April 14, 2021 Comment on Strauss Enabler Dr. Ted Grace Surrendering Medical License to Ohio Medical Board
April 6, 2021 Climate, Environmental Justice Groups Call for Biden EPA to Hold Industrial Dairy and Hog Operations Accountable and to Reject Big Ag Technology
March 31, 2021 Judge Grants OSHA Motion to Dismiss in Maid-Rite COVID Worker Protection Suit – Comment from Worker and Legal Team
March 24, 2021 Three Dozen Major Groups & Individuals Caution U.S. Supreme Court against Rolling Back Investor Rights and Unleashing Corporate Misconduct
March 11, 2021 Public Justice Receives Unprecedented Gift to Fund Richard Zitrin Anti-Secrecy Attorney
March 8, 2021 High School Organization Files Legal Action to End DeVos Title IX Regulations that Reduce Sexual Harassment Protections
February 17, 2021 Palmer v. Amazon Legal Team Applauds AG James’s Action to Protect Amazon Workers
December 23, 2020 Civil Rights Groups Seek Information on Impact of Dept. of Ed. Regulations on Title IX Complaints
December 15, 2020 Iowa Supreme Court will Hear Right to Clean Water Lawsuit Tomorrow
December 15, 2020 Court Gives Final Approval To Settlement Restoring Equal Opportunities For Women In Brown University Athletics
December 2, 2020 Joint Statement on Federal Judge’s Decision to Deny Motion to Dismiss Constitutional Challenge to Texas Drone Statute
November 30, 2020 Settlement Requires WV Chemical Plant to Limit Mercury Pollution & Pay for Ohio River Conservation Efforts
November 24, 2020 Plaintiffs in Palmer v. Amazon COVID-19 Safety Suit Appeal to Second Circuit
November 2, 2020 Palmer v. Amazon Legal Team Joint Statement on Dismissal of Lawsuit Today
September 19, 2020 Public Justice Statement on the Passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
September 17, 2020 Brown University to Reinstate Women’s Equestrian and Fencing To Comply with Title IX and Provide Equal Opportunity for Women Athletes
September 17, 2020 Joint Statement Issued By the Parties in Cohen v. Brown University
September 14, 2o20 Ranch Group Files New Lawsuit Against USDA’s Operation of Beef Checkoff Program
August 27, 2020 Newly Uncovered Documents Reveal Brown University Plan to Dismantle Title IX Agreement
August 24, 2020 Comment from Plaintiff and Legal Team on First-of-its-Kind Federal Court Ruling for Uber Accessibility
August 5, 2020 Survivors of Strauss Abuse Decry OSU’s Attempt to Dismiss Claims on Statute of Limitations Grounds as Yet Another Betrayal
July 23, 2020 Pa. Meat Processing Workers Seek Order Forcing OSHA to Intervene to Protect Them from COVID-19 Contraction at Work
July 14, 2020 Legal Team in Palmer v. Amazon Responds to Reports on “Time Off Task” Policy
July 9, 2020 WV Community & Environmental Groups Take Action to Compel State Agency to Address Collapse of Coal Mine Clean-up Fund
July 8, 2020 Meat Workers and Allies File Complaint Challenging Meat Processing Corporation Actions, Alleging Racial Discrimination in Disastrous COVID-19 Response
June 29, 2020 Two Decades After Landmark Title IX Case, Brown University Abandons Gender Equity in Athletics Program
June 23, 2020 Newly Public Deposition Testimony Details Ohio State Administration’s Cover-up of Strauss Abuse
June 15, 2020 FAC To California Judiciary: End Court Secrecy Now
June 15, 2020 North Carolina ‘Anti-Sunshine’ Law Struck Down as Unconstitutional
June 4, 2020 Court Rejects Meatpacker’s Efforts to Kill Lawsuit Over Slaughterhouse Pollution in South Platte River
June 3, 2020 Amazon Workers and Their Family Members File Suit for Workplace Policy Changes to Stop Community Spread of COVID-19
May 8, 2020 Legal Team for 86 Strauss Survivors Decries OSU Settlement with Some Survivors as Grossly Insufficient
May 5, 2020 In Wake of Missouri Court Decision in Smithfield Packing Plant Case, Workplace Advocates Say Industry is on Notice That Changes Must be Made
April 24, 2020 Trabajadores de Smithfield Piden al Tribunal Que Esfuerce a la Compañía Protegerlos Contra el COVID-19
April 24, 2020 Smithfield Workers Ask Court to Force Company to Protect Them From COVID-19
April 15, 2020 DeRuyter Dairy Factory Farms Held in Contempt for Continuing to Pollute Despite Court Order
April 1, 2020 Michigan’s New Factory Farm Pollution Permit Improved, but Still Flawed
March 6, 2020 Statement From Legal Team Representing 83 Survivors on OSU’s Announcement of Settlement of Some Strauss Abuse Claims
February 12, 2020 Groups Sue Farm Service Agency for Concealing Records on Funding of Industrial Animal Ag
January 28, 2020 Intuit Shareholders Overwhelmingly Repudiate Forced Arbitration Proposal
January 14, 2020 National Coalition Demands Intuit, Maker of TurboTax,
Reject Forced Arbitration for Investors
December 17, 2019 Lawsuit Launched Over Illegal Air Pollution at Colorado Coal Mine
December 9, 2019 Simmons Hanly Conroy Announces $100,000 Leadership Gift in Support of Program to Preserve Public Access to the Courts & Jury Trials
November 8, 2019 New Shocking Examples of Drugging, Rape and Abuse Alleged By 43 Survivors of Ohio State University Sexual Assault
November 5, 2019 State’s Request to Appeal Granted in Lawsuit to Clean-Up the Raccoon River and Establish Factory Farm Moratorium
October 17, 2019 The State of Iowa Continues to Hamper Efforts for Clean Water; Groups File Opposition to the State’s Attempt to Block Water Lawsuit
September 26, 2019 Federal Lawsuit Challenges Texas Drone Law That Unconstitutionally Restricts Visual Journalists
September 12, 2019 Court Will Hear Case Seeking Raccoon River Restoration and Factory Farm Moratorium
August 6, 2019 WV Advocacy Groups Sue Multiple Coal Facilities For Water Violations
July 19, 2019 Public Justice Food Project, Only Legal Project Solely Reforming Food System, Undertakes Significant Expansion
June 25, 2019 Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of Arkansas Ag-Gag Law
June 17, 2019 Nation’s Largest Lamb Producer Enters Consent Decree with USDA to Reform Killing and Other Practices
June 4, 2019 WV Advocacy Groups Threaten Litigation over Clean Water Act Violations at 15 Coal Facilities Across Region
May 28, 2019 Sikh Bus Supervisor Reaches Settlement with Maryland Public School District
May 23, 2019 Lawsuit Seeks to Protect South Platte River from Colorado Slaughterhouse Pollution
May 21, 2019 Survivors of Ohio State University Sexual Assault Demand Specific Actions Amid Questions About Report Findings
May 20, 2019 National Press Call: Survivors of Ohio State University Sexual Assault to Question Report Findings and Demand Specific Actions
May 17, 2019 Independent Report on Strauss Abuse at OSU Finds University Knew of Abuse for Decades
May 10, 2019 Court Rules Drummond is Violating Clean Water Act on Black Warrior River’s Locust Fork
April 22, 2019 Coalition Files Lawsuit Challenging Iowa’s Second Unconstitutional Ag-Gag Law
March 27, 2019 Public Interest Groups File Lawsuit for Clean Water, Gather at Capitol Building to Demand Accountability
March 20, 2019 Michigan Environmental and Social Justice Groups Call for a Ban on Industrial Agriculture Polluting Practices
February 28, 2019 Congressional Leaders Unveil House and Senate Bills to End Forced Arbitration and Restore Workers’ and Consumers’ Rights
January 31, 2019 Notice of Intent Filed to Sue Over Chronic Water Pollution From Colorado Slaughterhouses
January 9, 2019 Court Rules Iowa Ag-Gag Law Unconstitutional in Major Victory for Free Speech and Animal Protection
December 19, 2018 Court Rejects State’s Argument, Allows Federal Constitutional Challenge to N.C. ‘Anti-Sunshine’ Law to Proceed
December 4, 2018 Coalition Challenges Constitutionality of Kansas Ag-Gag Law
December 3, 2018 Public Justice statement on the passing of past president Dean Robb
November 19, 2018 Law Professors: Forced Arbitration for Shareholders in Corporate Bylaws Not Valid Under State Law
October 30, 2018 Federal Court Strikes Down Wyoming “Data Trespass” Laws as Unconstitutional
August 9, 2018 Independent Ranchers Seek Injunction of Beef Checkoff Funds in Thirteen More States
July 19, 2018 Statement on CFPB Director Nominee Kathy Kraninger’s Confirmation Hearing
June 27, 2018 Legal and Advocacy Groups Demand Betsy DeVos Withdraw False Claims About Sexual Assault Cases
June 15, 2018 Joint Statement: Advocacy Groups Call on Governor Cooper to Veto SB711
June 5, 2018 Court Finds Cattle Producers Harmed by Lack of Country-of-Origin Labeling; Moves Issue Onto Administration’s Plate
June 5, 2018 Fourth Circuit Reinstates N.C. ‘Anti-Sunshine’ Law Constitutional Challenge
May 30, 2018 Press Freedom, Attorney Ethics, and Police Accountability All Championed in Baltimore Police “Gag Order” Case
April 9, 2018 Momentum Against Unconstitutional USDA Checkoff Program Continues With Ninth Circuit Ruling
April 5, 2018 Arizona Judge Rules that Goodyear Cannot Keep Court Documents on Possible Deadly Defect Secret
March 28, 2018 Imminent Legal Action Planned Over Water Contamination Near Mountaire Chicken Processing Facility in Delaware
March 16, 2018 Ranch Groups Make Claim for Summary Judgment in Suit to Return USDA Country-of-Origin Labeling
February 27, 2018 SEC Commissioner Sounds Alarm on Rumors of Curbing Shareholder Rights
February 26, 2018 Public Justice Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Review ‘New Prime, inc. v. Oliveira
January 4, 2018 Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Provisions of Idaho’s Ag-Gag Law in Precedent-Setting Victory for Animals, Workers, Free Speech
October 10, 2017 Over 37,000 Americans tell Commerce Secretary to Bring COOL To Trade Negotiations
October 10, 2017 Public Interest Coalition Challenges Constitutionality of Iowa’s Ag-Gag Law
September 22, 2017 Media Call Advisory: Sexual Assault Survivor and National Title IX Legal and Policy Advocates Respond to Secretary DeVos’s Rollback of Title IX Guidance
September 21, 2017 Court Greenlights Deceptive Advertising Case Against Hormel “Natural Choice” Products
September 7, 2017 Federal Court Rules Wyoming “Ag Gag” Law Subject to Constitutional Scrutiny
August 31, 2017 Public Justice Announces Appointment of Deputy Director and External Affairs Director
July 27, 2017 Tara Sutton Named President of Public Justice
July 18, 2017 Legal and Civil Rights Advocates Call on State Education Officials to Protect Transgender Students
June 22, 2017 Federal Judge Bars Involuntary Collection of Montana Beef Checkoff Tax
June 19, 2017 United States Farmers File Suit to Require Country-of-Origin Labeling on Meat Products
April 4, 2017 Landmark Oklahoma Earthquake Lawsuit Dismissed
January 4, 2017 Fourth Circuit Court Affirms Clean Water Act Protections for West Virginia Families
December 13, 2016 Federal Judge Agrees with R-CALF USA’s Arguments on Beef Checkoff Being Unconstitutional, Recommends Halting Program
September 1, 2016 Groups Sue Drummond Over Abandoned Mine’s Pollution of the Locust Fork
August 25, 2016 R-CALF USA’s Attorneys Seek Quick End to Beef Checkoff Lawsuit
July 28, 2016 Sanford Heisler and Public Justice Win Key Decision in California Supreme Court
June 29, 2016 Abandoned Mine Site Continues to Pollute Locust Fork of Black Warrior River
June 27, 2016 Parties Agree to Moratorium on Ash Placement and Better Protections against Dust and Water Pollution
June 24, 2016 Hormel Sued for Deceptive & Misleading Advertising of So-called ‘Natural’ Products
June 20, 2016 Coalition Defends District Court Victory Striking Down Unconstitutional Idaho Ag-gag Law
May 3, 2016 Consumer Advocates to Speak at Federal Consumer Agency’s Public Hearing in Albuquerque
May 2, 2016 Independent Cattle Ranchers Sue Federal Dept. of Agriculture over Beef Checkoff Program
March 22, 2016 PacifiCorp ignores responsibility to clean up coal ash contamination at Utah plant
February 16, 2016 Environmental Groups File Fracking Lawsuit Against Three Energy Companies Operating in Oklahoma
February 3, 2016 Louisiana Citizens Group Notifies Noranda & Kaiser of Plans to Sue Over Mercury Contamination
January 13, 2016 Coalition Sues North Carolina over Constitutionality of ‘Anti-Sunshine’ Law
December 17, 2015 Newly Unsealed Documents Expose Ugly Details of Scott Tucker’s Deceptive Payday Lending Scheme
November 2, 2015 Groups Tell Environmental Groups Warn Oklahoma Fracking Operators of Potential Legal Action
October 20, 2015 Groups Tell PacifiCorp to Fix Extensive Contamination at Utah Coal Plant
September 2, 2015 Hanford Workers File Federal Lawsuit Against Department of Energy and Contractor Over Toxic Vapors
September 2, 2015 NEW REPORT: Food Industry’s Drive for Profits over Safety Has Fueled Series of Illness Outbreaks, Puts Public at Risk
August 24, 2015 New Online Resource Helps Kids Fight School Bullying
August 12, 2015 Court Finds Fola Coal Violating Clean Water Act
August 3, 2015 Idaho Ag-Gag Law Ruled Unconstitutional in Federal Court
July 14, 2015 Legal Team in Landmark Labor Trafficking Case Wins ‘Trial Lawyer of the Year’
June 9, 2015 Public Justice Announces Finalists for the 2015 ‘Trial Lawyer of the Year’ Award
May 11, 2015 Washington State Dairies Agree to Implement Sweeping Changes Following Landmark Lawsuit Over Water Supply Contamination
April 27, 2015 Hearing in Public Interest Coalition’s Constitutional Challenge to Idaho’s Controversial “Ag Gag” Law
