Lawsuit Filed Challenging Constitutionality of Local Park Rules in Eugene
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 24, 2023 Contact: Marianne Dugan, Senior Civil Attorney Director; Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney (541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org Advocates for the Unhoused File Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of Local Park Rules in [...]
California’s untested ‘SLAPPback’ Statute Allows Citizens of Weed to Fight Back Against the Silencing of Free Speech
MEDIA ADVISORY January 23, 2023 Contact: Lauren Regan, Director and Senior Staff Attorney (541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org Citizens of Weed, California who fought a corporate water grab are suing the Sacramento law firm and the [...]
City of Eugene Drops Charges Against Houseless Advocate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 18, 2023 Contact: Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney (541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org City of Eugene Drops Charges Against Houseless Advocate Who Spoke Out Against City Manager at the Downtown Riverfront Park Grand Opening [...]
Monthly donors enable us to defend the defenders.
Greetings of solidarity from all of us at CLDC! By now many of you have likely received our end of year appeal in your mailboxes. We wanted to make a digital connection as well. We [...]
Civil Lawsuits & Privacy: What Activists Need to Know
Civil Lawsuits & Privacy: What Activists Need to Know Protecting Your Privacy When You Want to Sue the Government for Harming [...]
New Legal Resources For Line 3 Water Protectors
New Legal Resources For Line 3 Water Protectors The Civil Liberties Defense Center (CLDC) and the Water Protector Legal Collective (WPLC) [...]
Contempt of Court: Not Just A Feeling Part II
CONTEMPT OF COURT: NOT JUST A FEELING Part II of a Contempt Primer for Activists and Their Communities by Sandra Freeman, [...]
Contempt of Court: Not Just A Feeling
CONTEMPT OF COURT: NOT JUST A FEELING Part I of a Contempt Primer for Activists and Their Communities by Sandra Freeman, [...]
Civil Rights Groups Submit Support Brief for Impact Investment Firm in Legal Battle with Private Prison Corporation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 22, 2021 Contact: Valentina Stackl, Protect the Protest task force (734) 276 6260 vstackl@greenpeace.org Candide Group fighting [...]
Drop the Charges: Resistance to State Repression of Racial Justice Uprising Continues
By the Drop the Charges Coalition An unprecedented number of arrests followed the protests that erupted upon George Floyd’s murder at [...]