For immediate release: May 23, 2022 Contact: Lucy Sears, Communications Director lsears@publicjustice.net Public Justice Statement on Supreme Court Win in ‘Morgan v. Sundance‘ Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in our case, Morgan v. Sundance, Inc., ruling unanimously in favor of our client Robyn Morgan….
For immediate release: May 17, 2022 Contact: Barry Brock, Southern Environmental Law Center, 205-745-3060, bbrock@selcal.org Nelson Brooke, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, 205-458-0095, nbrooke@blackwarriorriver.org Jim Hecker, Public Justice, 703-302-0507, jhecker@publicjustice.net Groups File Proposed Consent Decree Forcing Cleanup of Drummond’s Maxine Mine Site BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In a…
In June 2021, Public Justice Executive Director Paul Bland & Staff Attorney Ellen Noble spoke on the latest developments in court secrecy, in a webinar presented free to Public Justice Members as a part of the Justice Talks Series sponsored by Western Alliance Bank. If…
In February 2022, former Public Justice Richard Zitrin Anti-Court Secrecy Attorney Craig Briskin & Budd Attorney Ellen Noble spoke on fighting court secrecy in civil litigation, in a webinar presented free to Public Justice Members as a part of the Justice Talks Series sponsored by…
(Pictured above: Amy Cooper testifies before the California Senate Judiciary Committee on 4/5/22 about the preventable OxyContin overdose death of her son) By Karen Ocamb, Director of Media Relations On Tuesday afternoon, California’s Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance SB 1149, the ‘Public Right to…
By Karen Ocamb, Director of Media Relations Due to COVID-19 restrictions, former Taco Bell employee Robyn Morgan wasn’t in the courtroom as Public Justice Senior Attorney Karla Gilbride argued her case before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, March 21. But her presence was intensely…
In response to the House of Representatives’ passage of the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act (H.R. 963) today, Public Justice released the following statement: Today’s bipartisan vote by the House to end forced arbitration reflects a growing realization among voters that these agreements are…
The Public Justice and American Association for Justice Presidents’ Party and Reception on Feb. 14, 2022, at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa in Palm Desert, California offered Public Justice Board members and members of AAJ’s Minority and LGBT Caucuses an opportunity…
By Karen Ocamb, Director of Media Relations The ongoing work of DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access) is difficult. It requires looking at all we do through a lens of systemic oppression – but also turning that scrutiny inward, honestly looking at the possibility of…
By Karen Ocamb, Director of Media Relations for Public Justice Trial lawyers not only wrestle wrongdoing in the courtroom, they are still battling the seemingly eons-long misreading of Shakespeare’s classic line: “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” In fact, Shakespeare…
