Public Justice
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…
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…
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…
Court Says National Bank Has to Keep Its Word to Car Buyer
Rejects bank’s claim that federal law allows it to flout Maryland’s consumer protections In an important breakthrough for consumer rights, the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., held on April 5 that the National Bank Act does not mean a national…
Court Finds Federal Government, Health Officials Negligent in Care of Injured Immigration Detainee
A federal court in California Wednesday held the United States government liable for failing to give adequate medical care to a former immigration detainee whose small cut turned into a painful, gangrenous wound that threatened amputation of his leg. The court awarded $250,000 in…