D.C. Appellate Court Asked to Reverse Lower Court Ruling Refusing to Dismiss Lawsuit Targeting Advocacy as a SLAPP July 7, 2020, Washington, D.C. – Today, academics who were sued over the American...
Formosa Taking Emergency Appeal to Stop Prayer Event Community Members Previously Threatened With Arrest for Visiting Ancestors’ Graves June 18, 2020, Convent, Louisiana – Today, Judge Emile R. St...
New Letter from Formosa Plastics Denies Access to Burial Grounds of Enslaved People May 22, 2020, St. James, LA — St. James residents today re-asserted their rights to visit burial grounds on...
May 19, 2020, New York – The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement in response to the National Lawyers Guild’s announcement that it has settled a harassing lawsuit brought...
Archeology Firm Identifies Five Additional Possible Cemeteries, Concludes Formosa’s Consultants Repeatedly Looked in Wrong Place for One of Them March 11, 2020, St. James Parish – Today, community...
Attorneys Say Case Is Part of Broader Assault on Human Rights Defenders March 6, 2020, Washington, D.C. – Last night, the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) moved to dismiss a meritless...
Appeals Chamber Reverses Decision Blocking Investigation into Crimes Related to Conflict in Afghanistan March 5, 2020, The Hague – Today, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC...
Case Dismissed Against Former Board Members of Olympia Food Co-op February 20, 2020, Olympia, WA – A Washington appeals court has upheld a ruling that dismissed a lawsuit against former board members...
They point to alarming new information about cancer risks, company’s failure to comply with promise to protect children and residents, and alert parish about burial grounds of enslaved people January...
Pipeline is Environmentally Destructive, Not in the Public Good January 8, 2020, Lake Charles, LA – Today, attorneys representing Louisiana landowners whose property was taken by an oil pipeline...