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Los Angeles Daily Journal Bar President Is Feisty Advocate Bar Group Leader Takes Stand For Philippine Equity

Los Angeles Daily Journal Bar President Is Feisty Advocate Bar Group Leader Takes Stand For Philippine Equity

Champion of the underdog is how friends and colleagues describe Los Angeles sole practitioner Toni J. Jaramilla.


#MeToo Inspired Legislation Bans Settlement Provisions that Silence and Punish Those Who Stand Up Against Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination

#MeToo Inspired Legislation Bans Settlement Provisions that Silence and Punish Those Who Stand Up Against Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination

Work is about more than earning an income. For many, a job can provide a sense of purpose and belonging – the satisfaction of knowing your labor provides value to the world. Everyone should have the ability to feel that pride in what they do, but for too many workers, they aren’t provided the dignity, respect or safety they deserve. These laws will help change that.


California State Bar Labor Employment Law Quarterly

California State Bar Labor Employment Law Quarterly

Toni Jaramilla leans back in her chair, late on a Friday afternoon. “I always wanted to represent victims in civil rights claims. Labor and employment law allows me to do that.


Los Angeles Daily Journal Black Workers Sue Home Depot For Race Bias

Los Angeles Daily Journal Black Workers Sue Home Depot For Race Bias

Two African-American workers have filed racial discrimination lawsuits claiming a supervisor at Home Depot’s Woodland Hills store stood by and laughed as white employees dressed in Ku Klux Klan hoods harassed them in April.


Carrillo V The Regents Of The University Of California

Carrillo V The Regents Of The University Of California

*1 Plaintiff was previously an employee of the University of California. She filed several FEHA claims against the University and certain employees of the University (the “University defendants”).


Annual Labor And Employment Law Symposium

Annual Labor And Employment Law Symposium

The 2011 Labor & Employment Law Symposium provides practical advice and cutting-edge panel discussions about labor and employment law issues of critical importance to attorneys, judges, neutrals, government practitioners, union representatives, in-house counsel, and human resource professionals.


Los Angeles Sentinel Worker Finds Lynched Coke Bottle In Auto Plant Sues Toyota For Racism

Los Angeles Sentinel Worker Finds Lynched Coke Bottle In Auto Plant Sues Toyota For Racism

Comes now James Callier, a black employee of a Long Beach Toyota company, who filed a $5 million lawsuit in Superior Court recently alleging racial harassment and discrimination in his workplace.


Jennifer Bellardine V AppleOne Employment Services

Jennifer Bellardine V AppleOne Employment Services

Defendants appeal from an order denying their motion to compel plaintiff to arbitrate her claims against them for sexual harassment and discrimination, wrongful termination, and other torts.


Activision Blizzard settles sexual harassment, discrimination claims

Activision Blizzard settles sexual harassment, discrimination claims

Activision Blizzard, the video game designer behind such popular classics as Call of Duty and Candy Crush, has reached a settlement agreement with the U.S.


FBI sexual harassment has been ‘swept under the rug’

FBI sexual harassment has been ‘swept under the rug’

Worker’s rights are important, and even government agencies may be guilty of sexual harassment. Is the FBI free of sexual harassment and misconduct?