On behalf of Makarem & Associates | Jun 30, 2020 | Employment Law
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...
On behalf of Makarem & Associates | Jun 23, 2020 | Legal Malpractice
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...
On behalf of Makarem & Associates | Jun 16, 2020 | 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...
On behalf of Makarem & Associates | Jun 10, 2020 | Firm News
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...
On behalf of Makarem & Associates | Jun 2, 2020 | Sexual Harassment
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...
