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Image courtesy No Girls Allowed film By Arthur Bryant Chairman A wonderful new movie – Central High: No Girls Allowed – provides extraordinary insight into why litigation against sex discrimination is necessary and the difference it can make. It also allows us to appreciate…
Image via Touro Law Review By Arthur Bryant Public Justice Chairman The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure matter. They can determine who wins and who loses. And they have been changing in the wrong direction for some time. Now, proposed rule changes are moving forward and…
photo credit: Jim.Richmond via photopin cc Obama initiative one arrow in the quiver needed to battle climate change and pollution By Richard Webster, Staff Attorney, Environmental Enforcement Project and Jim Hecker, Director, Environmental Enforcement Project The Obama Administration’s initiative on climate change, that was finally…
A federal jury has returned $2.3 Million in restitution to the family of Joshua Salvato, an unarmed man killed by members of the Marion County, Fla. Sheriff’s Department. The jury found that Deputy Lauren Miley used excessive force against Salvato, that Deputy Norman Brown willfully…
WATCH: The team from People of California v. Atlantic Richfield won the 2014 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award. Below are the finalists for the 2014 Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year award, along with a description of each case. The annual award, to…
photo credit: DragonFlyEye via photopin cc By Leah Nicholls Kazan-Budd Attorney Financial institutions have reaped enormous benefits from creating their own system of private law, and the least they can do is follow their rules and allow their employees to respond collectively when they have…
By Arthur BryantChairman Justice lost a great advocate and friend late last month, Len Schroeter. Len was brilliant, passionate, warm, complex, constitutionally resistant to authority (in both senses of the word), and totally committed to justice for all. The Seattle Times obituary only begins to…
Watch Executive Director Paul Bland discuss his career defending cheated customers, the vital role of class actions in bringing about a just society, and the Roberts Court’s extreme attacks on consumer rights with Media Matters for America in the above video. Read more on the…
Peter aka anemoneprojectors – camera busted! via photopin cc By Leslie Brueckner Senior Attorney Have you ever paid more for chicken, beef, or pork because the package label said the animal was “humanely” or “sustainably” raised? I know I have. Well guess what? Turns out…
