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THIS WEEK IN THE COURTS: Everytown, NJ Chapter of Moms Demand Action Mobilize in Advance of Oral Arguments in Koons v. Platkin, Call on Third Circuit Court of Appeals to Uphold New Jersey’s Life-Saving Gun Safety Law
PHILADELPHIA, PA – This week, Everytown for Gun Safety and the New Jersey chapter of Moms Demand Action took action in support of New…
Koons v. Platkin: What You Need to Know
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals is set to hear oral arguments in Koons v. Platkin. How the court decides will determine whether New Jersey’s…
Announcing the Winners of the First Annual Everytown Law Fund Law Student Writing Competition!
The Everytown Law Fund is delighted to announce the three winners of its first annual law school student writing competition! The competition asked law…
VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY IN THE COURTS: United States Supreme Court Unanimously Reverses Fifth Circuit Ruling That Would Have Allowed Two Ghost Gun Companies to Resume Sales Despite Biden Administration’s Life-Saving Ghost Gun Rule
NEW YORK – Yesterday, in a critical victory for gun safety in the courts, the United States Supreme Court once again ruled to keep in effect…
Reckless and Flawed: Fifth Circuit Allows Two Companies to Resume Unregulated Ghost Gun Kit Sales Despite ATF Ghost Gun Rule, Everytown Law Responds
NEW YORK – Everytown Law, the nation’s largest and most experienced team of litigators in the U.S. working full-time on advancing gun violence prevention in…
Victory for Survivors: Civil Lawsuits on Behalf of Nearly 50 Victims of Highland Park Fourth of July Mass Shooting Returned to State Court
Judge rules in favor of plaintiffs and overrules Smith & Wesson’s effort to move litigation to federal court HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. – This week, in a…
Victory for Gun Safety: NRA-Backed Plaintiffs Drop Suit Against Fairfax County Over Common-Sense Gun Safety Law Prohibiting Guns in Parks and Other Sensitive Places
Fairfax, VA – Late last week, in a victory for gun safety in the courts, NRA-backed plaintiffs challenging Fairfax County’s common-sense gun safety ordinance restricting…
VICTORY FOR GUN SAFETY: Federal Court Strikes Down Key Portions of West Virginia’s “Guns in Parking Lots” Law, Ruling that Provisions Violate Constitution
After Lawsuit Brought by Everytown Law on Behalf of West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Court Rules that Barring Property Owners…
The Volunteer Moms Poring Over Archives to Prove Clarence Thomas Wrong
In 2018, after a teenage gunman murdered 14 students and three faculty members at a high school in Parkland, Florida, Jennifer Birch, fearing for the…
Everytown Law and University of Memphis School of Law Announce First-of-its-Kind Law School Clinical Partnership to Provide Legal Assistance to Pediatric Victims of Gun Violence
MEMPHIS – Today, Everytown Law, the largest and most experienced team of litigators in the U.S. working full-time on advancing gun violence prevention in the…
Attorneys for Survivors of Buffalo Shooting and Family of Victim File Lawsuits Against Shooter’s Parents, Gun Companies and Social Media Companies
Buffalo, NY (CNN) – Attorneys representing survivors and a family member of one of the victims who died in the racist mass…
Buffalo Mass Shooting Witnesses Sue Gun Industry, Others for Trauma
Buffalo, NY (WaPo) – In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, survivors of last year’s Buffalo mass shooting alleged that members of the gun industry,…
Buffalo Shooting Witnesses File Lawsuit Over Trauma They Endured
Buffalo, NY (PBS) – Last year, a white gunman killed ten people in a racist shooting at a grocery store in a predominantly Black area…
Victory for Gun Safety: Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Rebuffs Gun Lobby’s Challenge to Biden Administration’s Ghost Gun Rule, Everytown for Gun Safety Responds
NEW YORK – Today, in yet another set-back for the gun industry and in a victory for gun safety, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals…
Everytown for Gun Safety Submits Amicus Brief in United States v. Rahimi
NEW YORK – Today, Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country, submitted an amicus brief in the U.S.
Witnesses of Buffalo Mass Shooting File Rare Lawsuit Against Social Media and Gun Companies
16 people who witnessed a gunman open fire at a Tops grocery store–but avoided critical injuries–sued Tuesday over the trauma they endured. In a rare…
Everytown Law and Civil Rights Attorneys Announce Two New Lawsuits in Buffalo Mass Shooting Case Against Magazine-Lock Manufacturer, Gun Seller, Body Armor Company, Social Media Companies and Shooter’s Parents
Plaintiffs Include Family of Celestine Chaney, Who Was Murdered at Tops Friendly Market, In Addition to 16 Tops Friendly Market Employees and Patrons NEW YORK…
Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Stay Decision of the Northern District of Texas That Invalidated ATF’s Ghost Guns Rule, Everytown Submits Amicus Brief in Support
NEW YORK – Everytown for Gun Safety and its grassroots network, Moms Demand Action and its legal arm Everytown Law, released the following statements in…
Westforth Sports, Long-Time Dealer of Crime Guns, To Close After Lawsuit Exposed Persistent Violations of Federal and State Gun Laws
In Critical Win for Gun Industry Accountability, Indiana Gun Store Will Cease Operations Amidst Efforts by the City of Chicago, Everytown Law and Mayer Brown…
City of Philadelphia, Everytown Law Announce Lawsuit Against Gun Shops That Facilitate Illegal Straw Purchasing of Firearms
The lawsuit alleges that several firearms vendors have engaged in illegal straw purchasing transactions which have supplied Philadelphia’s crime gun market and perpetuated gun violence…
City of Philadelphia Announces Lawsuit Against Gun Shops That Facilitate Illegal Straw Purchasing of Firearms
The lawsuit alleges that several firearms vendors have engaged in illegal straw purchasing transactions which have supplied Philadelphia’s crime gun market and perpetuated gun violence…
Philly Is Suing Three Local Gun Stores for Allegedly Selling Firearms to ‘Straw Purchasers’
Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia Inquirer) – Philadelphia is suing three local gun shops that city officials allege have knowingly sold…
Philadelphia Sues Gun Vendors It Alleges Engaged in Straw Purchases
Philadelphia, PA (CBS) – Philadelphia is suing several firearms vendors it claims “recklessly and repeatedly engaged” in straw purchasing transactions, the city said Tuesday. The…
Teens Buying Ghost Guns Online, with Deadly Consequences
Springfield, VA (WaPo) – The families of the two teens, with the help of the anti-gun-violence group Everytown for Gun Safety, are now suing the…