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January 27, 2014 In Updates

U.S. Sees Sufficient Evidence in Pine Bush Anti-Semitic Bullying Case

By Catherine Behan, Public Justice The United States filed a brief in federal court on Friday night saying the evidence in Public Justice’s T.E. v Pine Bush Central School District bullying case “is sufficient for a jury to find that the district failed to respond…

January 23, 2014 In Blog

Wireless Provider Gets What It Wanted; Now It’s Sorry

By Spencer Wilson, Brayton-Thornton Attorney Consumers walked away with a quiet but important victory Tuesday when the U.S. Supreme Court denied review in Southern Communications v. Thomas. This decision will allow a group of consumers to pursue their claims against their wireless service provider, Southern Communications,…

January 21, 2014 In Blog

WSJ Editorials Loving Forced Arbitration At Odds with Actual Facts In Its News Story

By Amy Radon, Staff Attorney It’s easy for big businesses and their allies to talk about arbitration in the abstract. “It’s cheaper than court,” they say. “It’s quicker and more informal than court,” they say. And my personal favorite: “Without arbitration, consumers would be stuck with…

January 14, 2014 In Blog

And Now For The Good News: US FDA Poised To Restore Drug Injury Victims’ Right to Sue Generic Drug Manufacturers

By Leslie Brueckner, Senior Attorney UPDATE: Public Justice joined these comments filed today in support of the FDA’s proposed rule change. The comments, which were principally authored by Joanne Doroshow at the Center for Justice & Democracy, explain that the proposed rule change is essential to protect…

January 13, 2014 In Blog

Major Crisis in American schools: “Racial discrimination in school discipline is a real problem today, and not just an issue from 40 to 50 years ago”

By Sarah Belton, Cartwright-Baron Attorney That was said, out loud, by Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education, during his remarks at the unveiling of the Joint Department of Justice and Education Department School Discipline Guidance Package last week. The new Guidance Package is replete with…

January 10, 2014 In Blog Anti-Bullying

Pine Bush Anti-Semitic Bullying Case Spurs Governor Cuomo to Propose Law to Better Protect Students from Discrimination and Harassment

By Adele Kimmel, Managing Attorney Lawyer bashing is nearly a national sport. But people seem to have forgotten how often civil litigation has led to important social change. And civil litigation is just as important today as it was when a courageous group of individuals…

January 8, 2014 In Blog

Bland Debunks Mayer Brown “Analysis” of Class Actions

Public Justice Senior Attorney Paul Bland takes a look at the deeply flawed results of Mayer Brown’s “empirical analysis” attacking all class actions. Particularly striking, Paul explains, is the timing of this P.R. document — arriving the exact day as the Congressionally mandated study by…

December 31, 2013 In Blog

Injured By a Chemical? You’re Not as Screwed

By Leah Nicholls, Kazan-Budd Attorney Last week, a unanimous DC federal appellate court upheld an Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) regulation clarifying that its regulations about labeling used for chemicals in the workplace do not preempt state-law failure-to-warn claims. In other words, companies can’t…

December 31, 2013 In Blog

FDA Wimps Out on New Antibiotic Guidelines; Risk from Superbugs Continues

By Leslie Brueckner, Senior Attorney The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has just punted on what is arguably the scariest public-health crisis of our times: the overuse of antibiotics in the animal industry. In an earlier blog, we explained that over 80% of all the…

December 31, 2013 In Blog