Minnesota Supreme Court Grants Use of the Climate Necessity Defense: We Are Trial Bound!
Update: The trial will be October 8th-11th. In 2016, five brave individuals, now known as the Valve Turners, turned off all 4 pipelines bringing tar sands oil into the US from Canada for a day. There have already been 3 trials (with Lauren as one of the trial...
Green Scare Defendant Apprehended in Cuba After 12 Years
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 10, 2018 From Lauren Regan, Director and Senior Staff Attorney, Civil Liberties Defense Center On August 10, 2018, the US Department of Justice announced that it had “apprehended” Green Scare defendant Joseph Dibee after indicting...
Lawyer Response to ETP’s Reckless Mistreatment of Protesters at the L’eau Est La Vie Pipeline Resistance Camp
As water protectors continue to stand up to the construction of the Bayou Bridge pipeline, in the Atchafayala Basin, reckless intimidation from Energy Transfer Partners is on the rise! They are asking for protection from Louisiana State Police, and are receiving none....
Chicago Report-back
REPORT-BACK: CLDC ATTORNEYS IN CHICAGO In July of 2018, CLDC staff attorneys Lauren Regan and Cooper Brinson went to Chicago to refine our approaches to police and jail/prison misconduct litigation by attending the National Lawyers Guild’s National Police...