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October 22, 2014 In Blog

Forced Arbitration Violates Tea Party Principles

photo credit: Tony Fischer Photography via photopin cc By Paul Bland Executive Director It is an ongoing mystery to me that the issue of forced arbitration has been politically polarized at the level of elected officials. Polling data shows that Republican and Democratic voters both…

October 20, 2014 In Updates

Jury Finds Trinity Guardrail Defrauded Government, Must Pay $175 Million in Damages

An image from the United States ex rel. Harman v. Trinity complaint Key records from the case remain under seal A Texas jury has found that cost-cutting measures and deliberate withholding of information about those measures by highway guardrail manufacturer Trinity Industries Inc. defrauded the government…

October 15, 2014 In Updates

Public Justice Litigates Coal Ash Disposal: An Explainer

photo credit: Waterkeeper Alliance Inc. via photopin cc Public Justice’s Coal Ash Litigation Project, part of our Environmental Enforcement Project, protects communities and wildlife from toxic pollution, and forces coal companies to confront and pay the full cost of the damage they do. Here’s a…

October 14, 2014 In Blog

Countering Nursing Homes’ Bogus Argument To Keep Negligence Hidden

photo credit: consumerfriendly via photopin cc AKA Why Arbitration Contracts are Not Medical Decisions By Jennifer BennettBudd-Kazan Attorney Arbitration is not health care. Seems obvious, right? “Just take two arbitration and call me in the morning,” said no doctor ever. And yet nursing homes across the…

October 6, 2014 In Blog

Lost in the Fine Print – New Documentary Blows Lid off Gross Unfairness of Forced Arbitration

October 3, 2014 In Blog

Federal Judge Dismisses Challenge to California Egg Law, Says Big Ag’s Interests Do Not Represent the Public

photo credit: sk8geek via photopin cc By Jessica CulpepperFood Safety & Health Attorney Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller dismissed a lawsuit brought against a California law prohibiting the sale of eggs from hens kept in battery cages where they can’t move around or spread…

September 29, 2014 In Updates

Student Raped After School Uses Her as “Bait” in Sting Operation

A 14-year-old was raped when an Alabama public school used her as bait in a botched plan to catch a boy “in the act” after she reported his sexual harassment. She believes the school bears responsibility for her suffering, and is seeking to hold it…

September 29, 2014 In Updates

Executive Director Paul Bland Featured in Alliance for Justice Forced Arbitration Film

Public Justice Executive Director Paul Bland is featured in the new Alliance for Justice short documentary Lost in the Fine Print, about the prevalence and impact of forced arbitraton clauses on consumers and workers. Watch the full film below, and read more at the Alliance for…

September 24, 2014 In Blog

Issue Resolved: Cy Pres Awards Are Not Unclaimed Property

photo credit: rcbodden via photopin cc By Arthur BryantChairman The Supreme Court of Texas recently issued an important decision properly viewing – and preserving – a valuable tool for doing justice: cy pres awards in class actions. The Court got it right. In many class…

September 23, 2014 In Blog

Saving Craft’s Run for a Cleaner Future

By Richard Webster Staff Attorney When I first visited the Coresco Coal Ash Dump near Morgantown, W.Va., I was shocked to find that Craft’s Run, the stream that drains the dump, ran orange in its lower reaches. It turned out this was due to a…