Pregnant women across America face workplace discrimination at alarming rates. In fact, in the last 10 years alone, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the Fair Employment Practice Agencies in the United States have dealt with upwards of 50,000...
With an endowment of $176-million and a sticker price of $64,700 per year[1], The Thacher School (“Thacher”) stands as one of California’s most elite high schools. Thacher hired Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP to conduct an impartial investigation of potential sexual...
How the Biden Administration Plans to Add Public Input The Biden administration announced that it will consider the public’s input in its efforts to review all current school policies on sex and gender discrimination and violence.[1] The announcement is part of...
In April of 2018, finance attorneys Joshua Ashley Klayman and Sherry William filed a complaint against their former employer, Morrison & Foerster LLP (“MoFo”), on the basis of gender, maternity, and Title VII discrimination, wrongful termination, unfair...
A former legislative employee for California Senator Bob Archuleta filed a complaint against the Senator and the State Senate on March 18, 2021 in the Los Angeles County Superior Court [1]. The complaint alleges, Jane Doe, was pursued romantically by Senator Archuleta...
The Los Angeles City Council has threatened to cut off the city’s ties with Metropolitan Water District of Southern California due to allegations of sexual harassment. MWD makes up about 49% of the city’s total water, the rest coming from the Los Angeles Aqueduct and...
Various female employees around the country are taking a stand against McDonald’s and telling their story of alleged abuse and harassment in the workplace perpetrated by their male co-workers and supervisors. The female employees have either filed discrimination...
In December of 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded the District Court of Oregon’s grant of defendant Umpqua Bank’s summary judgment initiated under Title VII by a former bank employee who alleged she was harassed in the...
The Proposed “Silence No More Act” On February 8th, 2021, California state Senator Connie Leyva introduced the “Silence No More Act” in an effort to protect employees who speak out about discrimination in the workplace even if they’ve signed nondisclosure agreements....
This past summer, the Supreme Court advanced civil rights with their sweeping decision to deem workplace discrimination for LGBTQ workers unconstitutional. Many states already had their own laws on the books protecting workers from being discriminated against due to...