Joseph Morris, the executive director of California’s Board of Registered Nursing, has resigned following complaints of sexual harassment against him from women who worked with him. Morris headed the board that regulates and licenses nurses in the state. Allegations...
California has launched a new system that will help track sexual harassment claims filed by state employees. This project had been under development for almost two years, and is now ready to be put into practice. The system will log investigations that the state...
A state judicial panel claimed that there was extensive testimony against California Appeals Court Justice Jeffrey Johnson that showed him to have sexually harassed multiple women at the courthouse. In particular, he harassed a female colleague who he repeatedly...
US District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego has blocked the new California labor law from applying to over 70,000 independent truckers for an indefinite period. The federal judge decided that the law was preempted by stated federal rules on interstate commerce. The...
Prosecutors charged Harvey Weinstein in Los Angeles on January 6th, 2020 for sexually assaulting one woman and raping another in separate incidents that took place in 2013 over a two-day period. Harvey Weinstein used his power and influence to pressure and intimidate...
Nearly 26,000 correctional officers work in the California prison system. According to inmate advocates, incidents of sexual harassment and sexual abuse by staff are more rampant than what the official records reveal because very few officers get investigated or...
The millennial and controversial Democrat from the Santa Clarita Valley, Rep. Katie Hill, is resigning from Congress. But her sexual harassment case has given rise to an additional debate on cyber harassment and the California law against revenge porn. Following the...
California’s worker protection laws related to sexual misconduct and harassment are now stronger with new bills signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. These bills had been vetoed last year by his predecessor Jerry Brown. Improved Worker Protection Sexual harassment victims will...
The millennial and controversial Democrat from the Santa Clarita Valley, Rep. Katie Hill, is resigning from Congress. But her sexual harassment case has given rise to an additional debate on cyber harassment and the California law against revenge porn. Following the...
The apparent suicide of the alleged sex trafficker and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein has left a large number of victims dissatisfied and disappointed. They understandably feel that justice could not be served against the perpetrator of such serious crimes of...