We believe that people deserve to know whether fossil fuel companies can pay for their mistakes. As it turns out, after two months of digging, we finally were able to obtain Phillips 66’s insurance documents at the California Office of Spill Prevention and Response, a branch of the state’s Fish and Wildlife Department that protects waterways. 11/6/20
Jack Chang ’20: Who’s on the Hook for Refinery Accidents?
Clinic Files Amicus Brief in D.C. Circuit Supporting Challenge to Immigration Ban
International Human Rights Law Clinic, 12/15/20
Center Successfully Requests Publication of Case Holding Arbitration Contract Unconscionable
By the Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice November 3, 2020 The Second District Court of Appeal granted the Center’s request to publish Swain v. LaserAway Medical Group, a decision holding that LaserAway’s arbitration contract was unconscionable and therefore unenforceable. The Center was joined on its amicus letter by the Katharine & George Alexander […]
Newsletter – October 2020
By the Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice October 30, 2020 It has been a year of upheaval and insecurity, of racial injustice and financial crisis. We have believed from the Center’s founding that economic injustice underlies many of the most urgent problems faced by this nation. And we have worked steadily ever since […]
Robbins Fellow Lena Salaymeh Elected to Prestigious Chair
The Robbins Collection and Research Center is proud to announce that former Robbins Postdoctoral Fellow and Associate Research Fellow Lena Salaymeh was recently elected to the prestigious chair in Sunni Islam at the École pratique des hautes études, section des Sciences religieuses, in Paris. The École pratique des hautes études is counted among France’s most […]
Robbins Fellow Spotlight: Mahwish Moazzam
Undertaking a Robbins Fellowship during the COVID-19 pandemic comes with a unique set of travails but Mahwish Moazzam is no stranger to contending with challenges. “I am used to adversity in my academic pursuits” explained the Robbins Collection and Research Center’s most recent fellow. Mahwish received her JD from the Punjab University Law College, graduating […]
ELC joins fight against Formosa petrochemicals plant; Army Corps suspends permit
In October 2020, ELC filed a proposed amicus brief in federal district court on behalf of the Louisiana environmental justice groups Concerned Citizens of Saint Johns and Justice and Beyond, opposing the construction permit for a huge plastics production and petrochemical complex in the highly polluted area known as “Cancer Alley” or “Death Alley.” 10/20
Court Fines and Fees Fuel Colorado Governments at Expense of Poor
The Denver Post, 10/15/2020
Clinic Publishes “Money and Punishment, Circa 2020” with National Partners
Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law at Yale Law School, Fines & Fees Justice Center, PAC, 10/8/2020
Clinic-assisted cosmetics safety bill enacted as nation’s strongest disclosure law
The “Cosmetic Fragrance and Flavor Ingredient Right to Know Act” was signed into law after two years of work by ELC students, who partnered with client Breast Cancer Prevention Partners to force public disclosure of known-toxic ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products. Director Claudia Polsky discussed the bill in this San Francisco Chronicle op-ed. 10/1/20