Los Angeles, California, Legal Blog
Military Mishandling of Sexual Harassment and Assault
#IAmVanessaGuillén Bill Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillén’s tragic death and disappearance reflect a larger problem in the military – a culture where sexual harassment and assault are swept under the rug. After the young soldier went missing in April, thousands of...
Supreme Court Gives Pass to Religious Employers Who Discriminate Towards Teachers
The Supreme Court delivered a blow to religious employees around the nation by holding that the “ministerial exception” under the First Amendment bars employment-discrimination claims by Catholic school teachers against their employers. In two recent cases from...
Police Reform Amidst Black Lives Matter Protests
Following weeks of protests rising after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th, the pressure put on by protesters on governments to scale back the use of force by police officers on civilians and create better systems of accountability have resulted in...
Protecting LGBTQIA+ Employees in the Workplace
Federal Law Protects LGBTQIA Workers from Discrimination This Pride Month, we set out to celebrate recent achievements in employment law and our nation’s progress in protecting LGBTQIA+ employees. At the beginning of June, half of the LGBTQ population in the US lived...
Law Firm Faces $24 Million Legal Malpractice Lawsuit From UCLA Professor
Big Law’s Seyfarth Shaw, along with a former partner of the firm, have been sued by Natalie Operstein, a linguistics professor at UCLA, for $24 million in compensatory damages and additional punitive damages. Operstein filed the suit over the firm’s investigation of...
Federal Prosecutors Encourage LA Housing Tenants to Report Sexual Harassment
US Attorney Nick Hanna, the top federal prosecutor in Southern California, has called upon people who have experienced or witnessed sexual harassment by a property manager, landlord, maintenance worker, or others with control over housing to report the incident to the...
Makarem & Associates Supports Black Lives Matter Movement
Since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, millions of people around the world have participated in protests against racism and the way police officers have treated black people in the US and other places. Many employers have issued statements to show their...
Students Allege Sexual Harassment Against Professors at Berklee College of Music
One Berklee College of Music professor is under investigation after he allegedly put a clarinet between his legs and instructed a female student to blow the mouthpiece in front of a class. The student felt the said professor was trying to imitate a sexual act. Another...
Online Sexual Harassment On The Rise In The Times Of Covid-19
A number of school districts in California as well as the University of Southern California are reporting a spike in online sexual harassment and discriminatory behavior as they transition to stay-at-home learning via digital platforms and video conferencing. Porn...
New Executive Order in California Presumes Covid-19 is Covered by Workers’ Compensation
A new executive order issued by Gov. Newsom in California has paved the way for protecting employees under workers’ compensation laws for Covid-19 infection resulting at the workplace. Workers’ comp in the state provides benefits for workers who may have suffered an...
