Court Monitor Cannot Accurately Assess NYPD Policy Changes Without Hearing from Impacted People July 29, 2021, New York – Today, community organizations, attorneys behind the class-action lawsuits...
Local District Attorney Rejects All Criminal Charges for Alleged Violations of ALEC-inspired Anti-Protest Amendments to Critical Infrastructure Law St. Martinville, Louisiana – Sixteen pipeline...
Attorneys for Abu Ghraib Torture Survivors Say Case Petitioned to SCOTUS Survives June 17, 2021, Washington, D.C. –Today, the United States Supreme Court limited – but did not foreclose – the ability...
May 13, 2021, New Orleans, LA – Today, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that Bayou Bridge Pipeline (BBP) must pay three landowners’ attorneys’ fees in addition to the $10,000 in damages awarded by a...
Site Plan Hijinks Vitiate Council’s Consent A copy of the letter is available here . May 12, 2021, St. James, LA – Lawyers for RISE St. James and the Louisiana Bucket Brigade today sent a letter to...
Lawsuit Filed Under Freedom of Information Act May 11, 2021, Chicago – Today, immigrant rights groups sued Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), to compel...
May 6, 2021, Lafayette, LA – Today, a federal judge allowed a challenge to an anti-protest pipeline law to proceed against a Louisiana District Attorney and sheriff. Activists and a journalist who...
May 6, 2021, Lafayette, LA – Today, a federal judge allowed a challenge to an anti-protest pipeline law to proceed against a Louisiana District Attorney and sheriff. Activists and a journalist who...
April 20, 2021, New York – In response to the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd moments after the Columbus police murder of 16-year-old Ma’...
Win for Communities United for Police Reform: Litigation will be dismissed and prior temporary injunction to be lifted April 13, 2021, New York – Today, the New York City police, corrections and fire...