By Sarah Belton, Cartwright-Baron Attorney Read the comments to the November 8 New York Times article about Public Justice’s Pine Bush bullying lawsuit and some themes are evident. The anti-Semitism these students faced is unacceptable. People expect that when students attend school they will be…
By Paul Bland, Senior Attorney On Twitter! @PblandBland Last week, an outburst by Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, one of the most conservative and generally pro-corporate judges in the country, showed that the corporate arguments in…
By Adele Kimmel, Managing Attorney “If being Jewish is so important to you, why would you move into a community that does not have a synagogue? If you want your kids to hang out with more Jewish children or have more tolerance, why would you…
By Richard Webster, Power-Cotchett Attorney, Environmental Enforcement Project Over the last month, three major events occurred that our victory at Little Blue Run either caused or encouraged that show how successful citizen suits against polluters have implications beyond the immediate relief obtained. This week, a…
Corporate America doesn’t want to be accountable if they do anything to hurt you. By Paul Bland, Senior Attorney On Twitter! @PblandBland So how weird is this? The Daily Grill, a very fancy and pricey steak house, encourages people to buy gift cards and make…
By Jessica Horne, George Washington University Law School Pathways to Practice Fellow Civil rights leaders are breathing tentative sighs of relief today as news breaks of a possible settlement in Township of Mount Holly v. Mt. Holly Gardens Citizens in Action, Inc. Many…
By Paul Bland, Senior Attorney Twitter: @pblandbland California’s consumer protection laws are often thought of as some of the best in the nation, and one reason for that is that they provide great remedies for broad, systemic public injunctive relief. For example, say a company…
By Paul Bland, Senior Attorney Many recall the enormous amount of national publicity that surrounded the allegations of a KBR-Halliburton employee in Iraq named Jamie Leigh Jones. Jamie testified in both houses of Congress, made several television appearances, was prominently featured in the documentary Hot…
by Adele Kimmel, Managing Attorney Two girls, ages 12 and 14, have been criminally charged with a felony in the tragic case of Rebecca Ann Sedwick, a 12-year-old Florida girl who committed suicide last month after enduring a year of online and face-to-face bullying. As…
Public Justice will argue before the Supreme Court next week on behalf of a disabled former Wal-Mart employee who was denied disability benefits, yet unable to file a lawsuit challenging that denial because of a catch-22 in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)…
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