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In Major Victory for Gun Safety, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Federal Restriction on Handgun Sales to Individuals Under 21; Everytown Law Responds
NEW YORK – Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit rejected a reckless gun lobby challenge to the life-saving federal…
In Major Victory for Survivors, Judge Allows Case to Proceed Against All Defendants in Lawsuit Stemming from Deadly Mass Shooting at Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky
The case will next proceed to discovery, moving one step closer to accountability for the victims LOUISVILLE, KY – On behalf of the victims and…
In Major Victory for Survivors of Highland Park Mass Shooting, Judge Allows Majority of Claims in Civil Case Against Smith & Wesson and Firearm Retailers to Proceed
Romanucci & Blandin LLC and Everytown Law Represent 48 Survivors of Highland Park Mass Shooting HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. – The survivors and loved ones of…
In Victory for Gun Safety, En Banc Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Holds California’s Law Prohibiting Large-Capacity Magazines Constitutional; Everytown Law Responds
Decision Continues the Unanimous Trend of Federal Appeals Courts Ruling Large-Capacity Magazine Prohibitions Constitutional CALIFORNIA – In a life-saving decision, the en banc United States…
In Major Victory for Gun Safety, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals En Banc Deems Florida’s Post-Parkland Restriction on Firearm Sales to Individuals Under 21 Constitutional; Everytown Law Responds
NEW YORK – In yet another blow to the NRA’s attempts to overturn common sense gun laws, the United States Court of Appeals for the…
Illinois Appellate Court Reinstates Lawsuit Brought by the City of Chicago Against Westforth Sports, Citing Evidence The Store Was “Operating as a Pipeline For Illegal Weapons into Chicago”
Opinion Sets Important Precedent As First Appellate Court Decision to Confirm that Cities Targeted by Out-of-State Dealers Selling to Straw Purchasers Can Sue the Bad…
City of Baltimore, State of Maryland File Lawsuit Seeking to Hold Glock Accountable for Manufacturing and Selling Pistols That Are Easily Turned Into Illegal Machine Guns Using ‘Glock Switches’
Fully Automatic Modified Glocks Increasingly Turning Up at Crime Scenes in Baltimore and Throughout State, Disproportionately Impacting Youth and Harming Marylanders BALTIMORE, MD. – Baltimore…
In Reckless and Unfounded Decision, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Deems Federal Restriction on Handgun Sales to Individuals Under 21 Unconstitutional; Everytown Law Responds
Ruling Comes Just Months After SCOTUS Reversed Fifth Circuit’s Extreme Rahimi Decision, Which Had Held Unconstitutional Longstanding Law Prohibiting Domestic Abusers from Possessing Guns NEW…
Everytown Law Files Appellate Brief in Buffalo Mass Shooting Case, Claims YouTube and Reddit Are Not Entitled to Immunity or Constitutional Protection for Product Features that Feed Addiction and Violence
NEW YORK – Everytown Law, along with Tycko & Zavareei and Bonner & Bonner, on Tuesday filed an appellate brief in their cases seeking to…
Everytown Applauds Minnesota, New Jersey Attorneys General for Joining the Fight to Hold Glock Accountable for the Proliferation of Illegal Machine Guns
Newest Lawsuits Filed Against Glock Come as 16 Attorneys General Launch Multistate Coalition to Hold Irresponsible Firearms Industry Actors Accountable for Their Role in Our…
Everytown Law Announces Settlement in Case Connected to 2021 Fatal Shooting of Virginia Teenagers by Classmate with a Ghost Gun
Fairfax, VA – Weiner, Spivey & Miller, PLC and Everytown Law today announced a favorable outcome in a lawsuit brought on behalf of the…
Victory for Gun Safety in the Courts: District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Washington D.C.’s Life-Saving Law Restricting Large-Capacity Magazines
WASHINGTON D.C. – Everytown Law, the nation’s largest and most experienced team of gun violence prevention litigators, applauds yesterday’s decision from the U.S. Court…
Everytown Law Marks 20th Lawsuit Filed to Hold Gun Industry Bad Actors Accountable by Publishing First-of-Its-Kind How-to Manual for Those Seeking to Follow Suit
NEW YORK – Everytown Law today published a first-of-its-kind legal guide on firearms accountability litigation, focused on an industry that for too long has…
Nation’s Leading Gun Violence Prevention Organizations Issue Statements in Response to Oral Argument in Garland v. VanDerStok
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Earlier today, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Garland v. VanDerStok, a critical case that challenges a reckless decision…
United States Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Maryland Ordinance Requiring Gun Stores to Provide Life-Saving Information on Gun Safety and Suicide Prevention; Everytown Law Responds
NEW YORK – On behalf of its client Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Everytown Law applauds the United States Supreme Court for declining to hear a…
As the Supreme Court Prepares to Hear Oral Arguments in Garland v. VanDerStok, Nation’s Leading Gun Violence Prevention Organizations Urge High Court to Reverse Fifth Circuit’s Extreme Decision, Protect ATF’s Life-Saving Ghost Gun Rule
NEW YORK – One week from today, on October 8th, 2024, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Garland v. VanDerStok,…
Everytown Law, Arnold & Porter, Fuller Wallner Announce Lawsuit Against Major Sporting Goods Chain for Providing Handgun to Underage Teenager, Resulting in His Death by Suicide
Suicide by Firearm is a Leading Cause of Death in the United States, Especially for Teenagers; Yet, Without Taking Any Safeguards, Scheels Handed an Operational…
VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Ninth Circuit Upholds Key Components of California, Hawai‘i Post-Bruen Sensitive Places Laws
SAN FRANCISCO — In a victory for gun safety, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling today broadly upholding key aspects of California and…
ATTORNEY GENERAL SCHWALB SUES THREE MARYLAND GUN STORES FOR FACILITATING ILLEGAL GUN TRAFFICKING INTO DISTRICT
Joined by Maryland AG Brown and Everytown Law, Complaint Accuses Firearms Dealers of Illegally Selling Dozens of Weapons to Straw Purchaser WASHINGTON, DC – District…
Polymer80, Nation’s Largest Producer of Ghost Guns Recovered at Crime Scenes, Has Shuttered; Everytown Responds
Everytown Has Led the Effort to Shine a Light on the Dangerous Ghost Gun Industry Via Legal, Regulatory and Grassroots Accountability Efforts NEW YORK –…
Eighth Circuit Rules Missouri’s Dangerous ‘Second Amendment Preservation Act’ Violates the Constitution; Everytown Law, Brady, GIFFORDS, March For Our Lives Respond
MISSOURI – In a victory for gun safety, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit today affirmed a lower court decision…
Victory for Gun Safety in the Courts: Federal Court Upholds Fairfax County’s Common-Sense Gun Safety Law Prohibiting Guns in Parks and at County-Permitted Events
Fairfax County, VA – In a major victory for gun safety in the courts, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern…
VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY IN THE COURTS: Eighth Circuit Upholds Federal Court Decision Striking Down Missouri’s Dangerous ‘Second Amendment Preservation Act’
MISSOURI – In a major win for gun safety and a significant setback for the “constitutional sheriffs” movement and gun lobby agenda to undermine federal…
In Extreme and Reckless Decision, United States District Court for the District of Kansas Dismisses Machine Gun Possession Charges; Everytown Law Responds
KANSAS – United States District Court for the District of Kansas Judge John W. Broomes, a President Trump-appointee, recklessly dismissed machine gun possession charges…