Cases
Taylor, et al. v. The Salvation Army, et al. (2021)
Former Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center (“ARC”) program participants, on behalf of themselves and a class of current and former participants, filed a forced labor suit against The Salvation Army National Corporation.
Orage v. Amway Corp. (2020)
Justice Catalyst Law, Towards Justice, and Leonard Carder LLP filed suit against Amway for failing to provide its so-called “independent business owners” minimum wage and other workers’ rights.
Policy Projects
Are Employment Contracts With Unenforceable Terms Unethical?
Read Justice Catalyst Law Legal Director Brian Shearer's op-ed on employment contracts on Law.com.
Press on Justice Catalyst Law Project: A Call For An Ethics Opinion On California Lawyers Drafting Non-Competes
Above the Law has written about Justice Catalyst Law's case against the National Association of Realtors.
Public Comments of 18 State Attorneys General on Labor Issues in Antitrust Cite JCL Letter
Citing a letter written by Justice Catalyst Law, Towards Justice, and Eric Posner, 18 State AGs submitted public comments on labor issues in antitrust.
JCL Partner Organization Center for Public Interest Law Submits Request for Ethics Ruling on Unenforceable Contract Terms
The Center for Public Interest Law at the University of San Diego requested that the California Bar rule that it is unethical for lawyers to include illegal contractual language in their employer clients’ agreements with employees.
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Workers File Forced Labor Class Action Against The Salvation Army
Justice Catalyst Law and Nichols Kaster filed a labor trafficking class action on behalf of ARC laborers against The Salvation Army.
Justice Catalyst Law Board Member & Public Justice Attorney Jennifer Bennett Secures Historic Workers’ Rights Victory at Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that transportation companies, when sued by their workers for things like wage theft or sexual harassment, can not force those workers out of court based on a federal statute called the Federal Arbitration Act.
Justice Catalyst Law, Towards Justice, and Leonard Carder LLP File Wage Theft Case Against Amway
Justice Catalyst Law, Towards Justice, and Leonard Carder LLP filed suit against Amway, the largest multi-level-marketing company in the country, for failing to provide workers’ rights to its so-called “independent business owners.”