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Sources: Legal Defense Fund, Native American Rights Fund, Voto Latino, APIAVote Protect your right to vote in 2024! In 1963 Mississippi, Black people are paying poll taxes, taking literacy tests, losing their jobs, and facing threats and violence — all for trying to exercise their constitutional right to vote. These were the conditions faced by…
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By Mona Tawatao, Legal Director, and Christina Alvernaz, Staff Attorney, Equal Justice Society In a victory for justice as well as common sense, courts are beginning to recognize the severe trauma caused by use of racial slurs in the workplace. Last month, in a case called Bailey v. San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, the California…
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Hair Relaxer Litigation Over nine thousand Plaintiffs across the country in the federal court multidistrict litigation (or “MDL”) continue to seek justice for women who allege they suffered gynecological cancers as a result of chemical hair relaxers. The Court is managing the pre-trial investigation and evidence collection process (discovery), and holding the parties to strict…
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This month is Disability Pride Month, marking the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. However, even thirty-four years after the landmark legislation, planning for natural disasters is still not inclusive of those with disabilities.
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Any U.S. Marine Corps veterans and family members who lived at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune for 30 days or more from 1953 to 1987, and who suffer or died from cancer or other illnesses, may be able to file a claim in the Marine Corps Camp Lejeune Poisoned Water Litigation. Learn about the…
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The New York Times Magazine published an important exposé on harmful hair relaxer products marketed to Black women and girls. The Equal Justice Society and Lieff Cabraser are part of the multidistrict litigation mentioned in the article. We are fighting to protect Black women and other women of color. Read the article: https://tinyurl.com/2ypc39nf. El New…
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As we celebrate the liberation and emancipation from slavery this Juneteenth, we acknowledge the deep repair that is still needed in this country. In 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom appointed EJS President Lisa Holder and EJS Board Member Donald Tamaki to the California Reparations Task Force after the passage of AB 3121, authored by Assemblywoman Shirley…
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By Esmé Lipton, Case Clerk, Lieff Cabraser In commemoration of the Stonewall Uprising that occurred on June 28, 1969, we recognize the LGBTQ+ community’s formative contributions to social, political, and cultural advancement by celebrating Pride Month. Reflecting upon this community’s historical and systemic oppression provides a starting point to understanding queer activism and politics in…
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Camp Lejeune Litigation – Important Deadline Coming on August 9! In 2022, Congress passed the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, which acknowledged that the water at U.S. Marine base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina was contaminated with several chemicals known to cause cancers and other illnesses. In passing the Act, the government recognized the importance of…
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The Wall Street Journal reports on the fight to eliminate cervical cancer and how Alabama, a state with the fourth highest cervical cancer rate in the United States and even higher rates for Black women and women in rural areas, is leading the way. Cervical cancer is currently the only gynecologic cancer with a screening…
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