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August 24, 2012 In Blog

Positive ruling late last week from New Mexico Supreme Court

By Amy Radon, Goldberg Attorney By now you’ve probably seen the decision that was handed down last week in the Felts case. The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that two Internet payday lenders can’t force our client into arbitration. Andrea Felts, a high school administrator,…

August 23, 2012 In News Release

New Mexico Supreme Court Rules Payday Lenders Cannot Force Consumer into Arbitration with Substitute Arbitrator

August 23, 2012 In Updates

Fort Valley State University Reinstates Women’s Volleyball Team to Avoid Title IX Suit

Fort Valley State University has agreed to reinstate its women’s volleyball team to avoid a threatened sex discrimination lawsuit by Public Justice. The lawsuit would have charged FVSU with violating Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination by educational institutions that receive federal…

August 23, 2012 In Updates

Developments in Environmental Enforcement Project & Iqbal Project

In Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. FirstEnergy, Public Justice’s EEP teamed up with the Environmental Integrity Project to pressure FirstEnergy, the owner of Little Blue Run coal ash impoundment (the nation’s largest), to agree to shut down Little Blue Run by 2016, and, in the meantime,…

August 23, 2012 In Updates

New Mexico Supreme Court Rules Payday Lenders Cannot Force Consumer into Arbitration with Substitute Arbitrator

The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an attempt by two Internet payday lenders to force a consumer to take her claims against the lenders before an arbitrator rather than a court of law. The full opinion is available here: http://www.publicjustice.net/sites/default/files/downloads/FeltsvCLKOpinion_23Aug2012.pdf Public Justice represented…

August 16, 2012 In News Release

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Finds Employment Discrimination Case of Merit

August 15, 2012 In News Release

Groups Support Decision by PA Dept. of Environmental Protection Requiring Little Blue Run Coal Ash Dump Closure

August 13, 2012 In News Release

Fort Valley State University Reinstates Women’s Volleyball Team to Avoid Title IX Suit

August 1, 2012 In News Release

Renowned Chicago Attorneys Honored as Champions of Justice for Relentless Pursuit of Public Interest Law and Support of Public Interest Foundation

Joseph A. Power, Jr., and Jeffrey M. Goldberg – widely known for taking on major corporations, institutions and even high-level public officials in their pursuit of justice – were honored as “Champions of Justice” at the Public Justice Foundation’s 30th Anniversary Gala in Chicago on…

August 1, 2012 In News Release

Attorneys Who Held Lead Smelter Accountable for Poisoning Children Named 2012 Trial Lawyers of the Year

Four attorneys who won the largest jury verdict ever in Missouri by holding a major lead smelting operator accountable for poisoning children around its Herculaneum, Mo., plant has won the Public Justice Foundation’s 2012 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, one of the most prestigious…