News Releases

    2013

    Groups File Lawsuits to Stop Groundwater Pollution from Industrial Dairies
    February 15, 2013
    Citizens Group in Puerto Rico Finds Additional Harms of Coal Ash
    February 14, 2013
    Groups File Notice Letter to Sue NRG Energy for Massive Pollution
    January 28, 2013

    2012

    Federal Court Rules Pine Bush Central School District Officials May be Sued for Failing to Protect Jewish Students from Severe Bullying
    December 7, 2012
    Public Justice Argues Critical Victims' Rights Case Before U.S. Supreme Court
    November 27, 2012
    Hurricane Aftermath Shows that Poor, Aged, Disabled Would be Last Served in Event of Accident at 40-year-old N.Y. Nuclear Plant
    November 20, 2012
    Groups Threaten to Sue PPG Industries for Polluting Ohio River and Violating Clean Water Act
    November 19, 2012
    New Mexico Supreme Court Rules Payday Lenders Cannot Force Consumer into Arbitration with Substitute Arbitrator
    August 23, 2012
    Fort Valley State University Reinstates Women's Volleyball Team to Avoid Title IX Suit
    August 13, 2012
    Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Finds Employment Discrimination Case of Merit
    August 8, 2012
    Attorneys Who Held Lead Smelter Accountable for Poisoning Children Named 2012 Trial Lawyers of the Year
    August 1, 2012
    Renowned Chicago Attorneys Honored as Champions of Justice for Relentless Pursuit of Public Interest Law and Support of Public Interest Foundation
    August 1, 2012
    Groups Support Decision by PA Dept. of Environmental Protection Requiring Little Blue Run Coal Ash Dump Closure
    July 30, 2012
    Court Finds Federal Government, Health Officials Negligent in Care of Injured Immigration Detainee
    May 30, 2012
    Court Says National Bank Has to Keep Its Word to Car Buyer
    April 9, 2012
    NRC and Public Justice Say Uranium Mill Licensed Under Faulty Procedure
    March 27, 2012
    Public Justice Asks Montana Court to Unseal Long-Secret Case Documents About Dangerous Remington Rifle
    March 8, 2012

    2011

    EPA Shuts Down Dangerous Asbestos Removal Method
    December 15, 2011
    BASF and Corporate Law Firm Claim They Can't Be Sued for Lying to Victims and Courts About Asbestos in Talc
    November 30, 2011
    Public Justice Wins Legal Fight Against Health Insurer's Attempt to Seize Benefits from Injury Victim
    November 17, 2011
    Report Cites Dangerous Coal Waste Pollution of W.Va. Stream; Notice Given of Possible Lawsuit
    October 17, 2011
    Florida School Board Settles With, Reinstates Female Coach Fired After Questioning School's Title IX Compliance
    October 7, 2011
    Public Justice and Center for Food Safety Join Texas Legal Battle to Protect Consumers from Salmonella Outbreaks
    October 6, 2011
    Public Justice Launches Food Safety and Health Project; Will Challenge Factory Farm Abuses, Other Threats to Public Health
    October 4, 2011
    Town of Ophir Joins Telluride in Challenging Newly Licensed Uranium Mill in Southwestern Colorado
    September 26, 2011
    Ninth Circuit Rules that Federal Banking Laws Do Not Preempt California Debt Collection Statute
    August 2, 2011
    New Mexico Supreme Court Preserves Consumer's Right to a Day in Court
    July 29, 2011
    Team in California Nursing Home Case Wins Trial Lawyer of the Year Award
    July 14, 2011
    Public Interest Attorneys Tapped for National Honor
    June 15, 2011
    United States to Pay $1.95 Million to Family of Medically Neglected Immigration Detainee
    April 7, 2011
    Nevada High Court Finds Car Dealership's Class Action Ban Unenforceable
    April 1, 2011
    Eminent Scientists Ask High Court to Allow Global Warming Restrictions on Power Plants
    March 18, 2011
    Louisiana Supreme Court Rules Debt Collector Can't Enforce Arbitration Award Agaisnt Consumer Who Did Not Agree to Arbitration
    March 16, 2011
    New Mexico Court Gives Go-Ahead for Group of Consumers to Challenge Lenders
    March 4, 2011
    Florida Appeals Court Rules that Payday Lender Can't Ban Class Actions and Deny Customers Their Day in Court
    February 2, 2011
    Man Charged $32,000 for Credit Card Account He Never Agreed to; Case Goes Before Louisiana Supreme Court
    January 19, 2011
    Payday Lenders Moving Online, Using Other Tactics to Evade Regulation; Case Goes to New Mexico Court of Appeals
    January 18, 2011
    EPA Vetoes Proposed Mountaintop Mine in West Virginia
    January 13, 2011
    New Mexico Supreme Court to Hear Wronged Consumer's Case; Woman Manipulated by Payday Lenders, Loses Job
    January 11, 2011

    2010

    Cooper Tire Wants to Keep Media and Consumers from Important Safety Information
    December 15, 2010
    Don't Seal Court Record About Deadly Crash Caused By Defective Tire, Brief Asks
    November 12, 2010
    Jury Finds State of California Responsible for Wrongful Death of Francisco Castaneda; Awards $1.73 Million
    November 10, 2010
    Public Justice Wins U.S. Appeals Court Decision Requiring Coal Mine Cleanups
    November 8, 2010
    Public Justice Urges West Virginia Supreme Court to Strike State Law that Caps Non-Economic Damages
    October 13, 2010
    Denied Job Because of Sikh Identity, Beard and Turban, North Carolina Man Sues Convenience Store Chain
    September 21, 2010
    North Carolina Class Action Against Country's Largest Payday Lender Reaches $18.75 Million Settlement
    September 17, 2010
    Public Justice Joins Fight Against Health Insurer’s Attempt to Seize Benefits from Personal Injury Victim
    September 9, 2010
    Federal Court Orders Patriot Coal to Pay $45 Million to Treat Toxic Selenium from W. Va. Coal Mines, Holds Patriot in Contempt
    September 3, 2010
    Public Justice Brief Fights Preemption Claim in Vehicle Crash Case before Supreme Court
    August 10, 2010
    Prominent W. Va. Lawyer to Lead Public Justice Foundation
    July 14, 2010
    Laredo, Tex., Attorney Named 'Trial Lawyer of the Year' at Public Justice Foundation Event
    July 14, 2010
    Renowned Attorney from Washington State Honored as 'Champion of Justice'
    July 14, 2010
    Supreme Court Lets Companies Limit Court Scrutiny of Mandatory Arbitration
    June 25, 2010
    Public Justice 2010 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award Finalists Selected
    June 16, 2010
    U.S. Supreme Court Allows Immunity for Public Health Service Officials Involved in Detainee's Medical Neglect and Death
    May 3, 2010
    Arbitrators, Civil Rights Groups Tell U.S. Supreme Court: Don't Erode Access to Courts
    April 1, 2010
    EPA Releases Proposal to Veto Permit for Huge Mountaintop Removal Mine
    March 29, 2010
    U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Public Justice Challenge to Mandatory Arbitration for Wronged Rent-A-Center Employee
    March 26, 2010
    Hotels.com, Expedia Implement Settlement and Launch New Website Features to Assist Disabled Travelers
    March 15, 2010
    Public Justice Challenges California Decision Immunizing Companies for Charging 'Sales Tax' on Tax-Exempt Items
    February 12, 2010
    Federal Appeals Court Reinstates Prisoner's Lawsuit Against Guards for Beating at Infamous Jena Prison
    February 9, 2010

    2009

    Public Justice Sues Company for Religious Discrimination against Sikh American Man Seeking Shuttle Driver's Job at Indianapolis Airport
    December 1, 2009
    Federal Appeals Court Clears Way for Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit Against DirecTV for Alleged 'Bait-and-Switch' Scheme
    November 19, 2009
    Public Justice Launches Iqbal Project to Preserve Access to Courts
    November 16, 2009
    Prominent NC Attorney to Lead Public Justice Foundation
    September 30, 2009
    Public Justice Joins Fight to Save Airline Passengers from Toxic 'Bleed Air' Exposure
    September 21, 2009
    Dempsey, Gwilliam Honored as 'Champions of Justice'
    August 10, 2009
    Legal Teams Win 2009 Trial Lawyer of the Year Awards
    July 29, 2009
    Federal Court Grants Public Access to Evidence that Drug Company 'Ghostwrote' Medical Articles about Deadly Hormone Therapy Drug
    July 24, 2009
    NC Superior Court Sides with Consumers against Payday Lenders
    July 13, 2009
    Five 2009 Trial Lawyer of the Year Finalists to be Honored for Exceptional Socially Significant Public Interest Cases
    July 2, 2009
    Proposed Settlement with CBS and Toy Retailers to Give Refunds for 'CSI' Toy Fingerprint Kits that May Contain Asbestos
    July 1, 2009
    Non-Profit Journal Opposes Wyeth Pharmaceutical's Efforts to Hide Evidence of Ghostwriting Medical Articles About Its Own Dangerous Drugs
    June 11, 2009
    Nationwide Lawsuit Against Cingular/AT&T for Overcharges, Poor Cell Phone Service May Proceed, Federal Court Rules
    May 27, 2009
    New Mexico Supreme Court Blasts World Finance's Arbitration Scheme
    April 30, 2009
    Egregious Medical Neglect Leads to Another Detainee's Death; Public Justice Joins Lawsuit Battling 'Unconscionable System'
    February 5, 2009

    2008

    Public Justice Files Gender Discrimination Case against Indiana High School Athletic Association and Monroe County Community School Corporation
    November 22, 2008
    Former Head Coaches, FGCU Reach Landmark Settlement in Case Charging Retaliation and Defamation over Title IX Violations
    October 15, 2008
    NC WesleyanCollege Reinstates Women’s Lacrosse Team after Public Justice Threatens Title IX Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
    October 9, 2008
    U.S. Appellate Court in Castaneda Case Rejects Federal Officials’ Claimed Immunity from Constitutional Charges
    October 2, 2008
    Federal Court Cites City of St. Louis for Illegal Asbestos Removal
    September 15, 2008
    Washington Supreme Court Upholds Rights of Consumers to Sue AT&T
    August 28, 2008
    Public Justice Joins U.S. Supreme Court Battle against Pharmaceutical Companies’ Bid for Complete Immunity from Failure-to-Warn Lawsuits
    August 15, 2008
    Public Justice Prevails in Case against Computer Giant
    July 27, 2008
    Renowned Attorney Chosen to Lead Public Justice Foundation for 2008-09
    July 15, 2008
    Lawyers for Abused Female Prisoners in Michigan Named Trial Lawyers of the Year
    July 15, 2008
    Colorado Appeals Court Revives Lawsuits by Abused Prisoners
    June 1, 2008
    Second Former Coach Sues Florida School for Retaliation
    May 12, 2008
    Public Justice Files Two Lawsuits Over CSI Toys Containing
    April 12, 2008
    Court Denies Federal Officials’ Attempt to Evade Responsibility for Medical Neglect that Led to Immigrant’s Penile Amputation and Death
    March 12, 2008
    Public Justice’s Threat of Lawsuit Prompts Sports Association to Reverse Decision Preventing High School Girl from Playing Baseball
    February 29, 2008
    New Coal Plant Threatens Public Health, Shenandoah National Park, Environment; Conservation and Health Groups Take Protective Action
    February 27, 2008
    Immigration Detainee Succumbs to Cancer at Age 36
    February 21, 2008
    NC Consumers Win Right to Their Day in Court
    January 30, 2008
    Public Justice Files Title IX Retaliation and Defamation Case against FGCU for Mistreatment of Head Volleyball Coach
    January 18, 2008

    2007

    CBS Orders CSI Toy Fingerprint and Field Kits Removed from Store Shelves
    December 19, 2007
    County Insurer to Pay $1.5 Million to Immigrant Detainee to Settle Medical Neglect Case
    December 17, 2007
    Fifth Circuit: Rollover Victim’s Claims against General Motors not Preempted by Federal Law
    November 21, 2007
    First Circuit Holds Employers Cannot Avoid Worker Protection Laws by Imposing Hidden Class Action Bans
    November 20, 2007
    Federal Court Strikes Down Proposed ‘Coupon’ Settlement Involving Sharper Image Air Purifiers
    November 11, 2007
    U.S. Government, State of California, Others Sued in Immigration Detainee Neglect Case
    October 31, 2007
    Public Justice Helps Prevent Further Environmental Damage in WV
    October 22, 2007
    Consumer Advocates Oppose Allstate Insurance Company’s Efforts to Hide Its Post-Katrina Pay-Out Procedures
    August 3, 2007
    Washington State Supreme Court Strikes Down Cingular’s Class Action Ban as ‘Unconscionable’
    July 12, 2007
    Hotels.Com Sued for Discrimination against Thousands of Disabled Travelers
    May 22, 2007
    Federal Court Settlement Will Repay Hundreds of Maryland Insured Double-Billed by Their HMO
    May 18, 2007
    Public Justice Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Overturn Alabama High Court’s Denial of Toxic Tort Claims
    April 3, 2007
    Public Justice Joins Suit against Guards at Infamous Prison
    March 29, 2007
    TLPJ Turns 25 and Becomes ‘Public Justice
    February 25, 2007
    Jury Finds City of Seattle Violated Constitutional Rights of WTO Protesters
    January 30, 2007