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Survivors Represented by Everytown Awarded $4M in Damages in Wrongful Death Suit Over Son’s Shooting Death in Kansas City
Everytown Law: ‘Holding Bad Actors Accountable for their Dangerous Behavior is a Crucial Part of Preventing Future Shootings’KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Missouri court on…
Parents of 2016 shooting victim awarded $4 million in wrongful death lawsuit
Source: TAMMY LJUNGBLAD [email protected] The parents of a Kansas City man who was killed in a 2016 shooting were awarded $4 million in damages in a…
Columbus and Dayton File First-of-its-Kind Suit Against Ohio Attorney General’s Office Over Failure to Ensure Criminal Convictions Are Entered Into Background Check Databases
AG’S Failure Means Thousands of People Prohibited from Purchasing Firearms Can Still Pass Background Checks COLUMBUS, Ohio – The cities of Columbus and Dayton announced today…
Madison Parents Urge Ohio Supreme Court to Uphold Ruling That Arming School Teachers With Only 24 Hours of Training Is Illegal Under State Law
Hundreds of Ohio Teachers, as well as Teachers’ Unions, Safety and Education Experts, Law Enforcement and Cities of Columbus and Cincinnati Also Filed…
Houston church, coffee shops challenge state’s ‘no-guns-allowed’ signs
Source: Melissa Phillip, Staff / Houston Chronicle A Houston church and two area businesses are challenging a state law that requires private businesses to display…
Houston Church and Business – Represented by Everytown Law and Jones Day – Challenge Texas Law Intended to Punish Business Owners That Want to Keep Guns off Their Property
Current Law – Designed to be Punitive – Requires Houses of Worship and Businesses Wanting to Prohibit Firearms to Post Oversized, Visually Unappealing Signs…
Cities, With Support From Everytown, Sue to Compel Trump Administration to Address Growing Threat From ‘Ghost Guns’
Lawsuit Alleges that ATF’s Dangerous and Erroneous Interpretation Of Critical Gun Safety Law Allows Explosive Growth of Unregulated Firearms that are Increasingly Being used to…
Everytown Law: ATF Should Revoke Firearms License Granted to Successor of Gun Manufacturer Tied to Trafficking
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Has Also Bid in Jimenez Arms LLC’s Bankruptcy Auction To Keep The Inventory of Cheap, Dangerous Firearms From Ending…
$300,000 Seed Grant Announced for ‘Sabika for Peace Foundation,’ Honoring 16-Year-Old Pakistani Exchange Student Killed in the Mass Shooting at Santa Fe High School
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund and the American Councils for International Education (“ACIE”), along with its partner organizations, the American Institute…
Parents of slain Santa Fe exchange student Sabika Sheikh start Pakistan foundation in her name
Source: Houston Chronicle HOUSTON, TX – More than two years after the Santa Fe High School shooting, the family of a Pakistani exchange student killed…
Everytown Law Responds After Supreme Court Denies All Pending Requests to Hear Challenges to Gun Safety Laws
NEW YORK — Everytown Law, the litigation arm of Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, today released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court…
Father of School Shooting Victim Takes On Smith & Wesson
Source: New York Times The father of a mass shooting victim and two gun safety groups petitioned the federal government on Sunday to stop the…
Everytown Support Fund, Moms Demand Action Respond After Supreme Court Ruling In Suit Over Now-repealed New York City Gun Rule
NEW YORK — Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund (“Everytown”) and Moms Demand Action, the grassroots volunteer network of Everytown for Gun Safety, today…
Court orders Madison Schools to stop arming staff without increased training
Teacher near blackboard with a gun. Self-defense in the classroom. The problem of safety in school conception. Vector illustration. MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — A judge has…
New Everytown Law Analysis: The Second Amendment Does Not Require Officials to Give Gun Stores Special Treatment During Coronavirus Closures
NEW YORK — Everytown Law, the litigation arm of Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, today released a legal memorandum debunking gun lobby…
17-Year-Old Who Carried Out Mass Shooting at Santa Fe High School Illegally Bought Ammunition on Website That Never Verified His Age, Lawsuit Alleges
SANTA FE, Texas — The 17-year-old shooter who killed 10 people and wounded 13 others at Santa Fe High School in 2018 bought more than…
Ohio Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to “Using Guns While Drunk” Law
The Ohio Supreme Court will test the old adage that guns and alcohol don’t mix. The justices are scheduled to hear oral arguments this week,…
Dealer Who Sold Weapon Used in Killing to Stop Selling Guns
A firearms dealer who sold a weapon used in deadly Kansas City shooting has agreed to stop selling guns as part of a settlement with…
Gun dealer must shut down in lawsuit settlement with parents of Kansas City homicide victim
A settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed by the parents of a Kansas City man killed in a 2016 shooting will require the gun dealer…
Everytown Law Announces Settlement with Gun Dealer That Sold Gun Used in Kansas City Murder
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Everytown Law, the litigation arm of Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, announced today that a Jackson County judge has…
Judge Rules Kansas City Couple’s Suit Against Gun Manufacturer Can Move Forward
Suit Alleges the Company’s Actions Contributed to Illegal Distribution of Firearms KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Everytown Law, the litigation arm of Everytown for Gun Safety…
Litigation Daily on Everytown Law’s ‘Formidable In-House Team’
On Monday, Litigation Daily published a profile of Everytown Law, the litigation arm of Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, noting that…
Daily Dicta: With a Growing Team of Big Law Alums, Everytown Law Takes Aim at the Firearms Industry
Over the past three years, the gun safety advocacy group Everytown Law has been building a formidable in-house team, growing from one lawyer to…
Are The Courts Open To More Lawsuits Against Gunmakers?
Kansas City Will Soon Find Out. While some cities such as Los Angeles and New York have seen a long downward trend in gun violence,…