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Under Donald Trump, that mission faces a new urgency. Trump has won two elections in part by exploiting working people’s real frustrations about an increasingly complex and unequal global economy, yet his trade agenda serves only himself and his billionaire allies.

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Swaney v. Lopez

October 15, 2019

Respondents Hector Lopez and Enrique Montijo are inmates who were left to suffer in their cells for days with severe…

Bedoya v. American Eagle Express, Inc.

October 07, 2019

In this case, delivery drivers sued American Eagle Express, Inc., alleging that the company improperly classified them as independent contractors…

Seeberger v. Davenport Civil Rights Commission

October 07, 2019

The Fair Housing Act and its state and local analogs bar housing discrimination based on familial status and other bases…

Zimmer Biomet Holdings v. U.S. District Court

October 07, 2019

Plaintiff James Karl brought a Fair Labor Standards Act case against his employer Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc., in federal district…

Rodriguez-Garcia v. Pichardo de Veloz

October 07, 2019

In 2013, a Miami prison doctor reassigned Ms. Fior Pichardo de Veloz, a Dominican activist and grandmother, from a women’s…

Public Citizen Health Research Group v. Acosta (2018)

August 26, 2019

To improve workplace safety, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 2016 issued a rule entitled “Improve Tracking of…

Flint Hill School v. McIntosh

July 19, 2019

A private school in Virginia includes a clause in its enrollment contract with parents that requires the parents to pay…

Morgenthau Venture Partners, LLC v. Kimmel

June 14, 2019

In 2016, Robert Kimmel filed a lawsuit in Florida state court to recover his investment in a venture capital fund.…

D.L. v. District of Columbia

May 21, 2019

We filed an amicus brief on behalf of Public Citizen and twelve other public-interest legal organizations in this appeal from…

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Corporate Crime Enforcement Plummets in Trump’s First Year, Rewards Top Donors

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Report: The Trump Administration’s Stop-Work Order and Funding Freeze likely affected 32 USAID-Funded Clinical Trials

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