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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 8, 2015 In Blog

This Year’s Five Most “Frivolous” Lawsuits by “Greedy” Trial Lawyers

By Arthur BryantChairman Corporate America and irresponsible government officials consistently trash lawsuits as “frivolous” and trial lawyers as “greedy.” Why? Because lawsuits and trial lawyers hold them accountable when they abuse their power, break the law, and violate people’s rights. Want proof? Just look at…

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 27, 2015 In Blog

Paul Bland on HuffingtonPost: Obama Administration Implements Major Advance for Civil Rights

Now we know why the corporate lobby’s favorite lawmakers filibustered the nomination of our fantastic Labor Secretary, Tom Perez, for so long. He’s actually committed to sticking up for workers. Earlier today, the Department of Labor, along with federal procurement agencies, announced guidance and regulations…

May 21, 2015 In Blog

We’re With John Oliver

BY David Muraskin Food Safety & Health Attorney Last Sunday, HBO’s John Oliver demonstrated how the corporate juggernauts that control our animal agriculture (and thereby our food) not only exploit workers, but silence their critics through their influence over our representatives in Washington. As Oliver…

May 15, 2015 In Blog

Holding Back the Steamroller

By Gabriel HopkinsThornton-Robb Attorney For many plaintiff-side lawyers, the relentless restriction of access to the civil justice system by American judges has been at once depressing, bewildering, and infuriating. The most prominent example of this is, of course, binding pre-dispute arbitration. As the eminent procedure scholar…

May 13, 2015 In Blog

Public Justice Joins the Battle Against Big Tobacco

By Leslie Brueckner Senior Attorney For decades, tobacco companies avoided paying any damages to their victims by arguing that consumers assumed the risk of cancer when they decided to smoke cigarettes. That argument went up in smoke when it was discovered that cigarette companies consciously manipulated…

May 13, 2015 In Blog

Deflategate: What Tom Brady’s Punishment Says About the NFL’s Views on Violence Against Women

BY Adele KimmelSenior Attorney What’s more deflated: the footballs in the AFC Championship game between the New England Patriots and the Indianapolis Colts, or the NFL’s punishment for domestic violence? I’ll give you a hint. It isn’t the footballs. The NFL gave Patriots quarterback Tom…

May 13, 2015 In Blog

Remembering Mike McIntosh: The Earth Loses a Great Champion

BY Arthur BryantChairman The Earth lost one of its most dedicated, generous and creative advocates on May 7: Michael McIntosh passed away. Mike’s significance and accomplishments are difficult to overstate. Public Justice, its Environmental Enforcement Project, and many of the leading environmental organizations in the…