2009 - Shegerian Law
  • Shegerian & Associates Founder Urges California Employees to Take Notice of “Defamation Laws”

    December 3, 2009

    Carney R. Shegerian, founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based law firm specializing in employee rights, has issued a statement aimed at all employees in light of current news coverage of Tiger Woods’ alleged transgressions. “The negative effect Woods’ tarnished image will cost him in promotions income is reflective, on a very grand scale, […]

  • Carney Shegerian Addresses Employee Concerns about Bonus Pay and Year End Increases in Wages

    December 1, 2009

    Carney R. Shegerian, founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based law firm specializing in employee rights, has issued a statement in light of the recession and employee concerns about their bonuses and potential increases in pay. Shegerian advises while bonuses are generally discretionary under the law, many times both bonus pay and salary increases […]

  • Carney Shegerian to Address CAALA Judges Evaluation Program

    November 19, 2009

    Carney R. Shegerian, founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based law firm specializing in employee rights, will speak later today at the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles’ (CAALA’s) Judges Evaluation Program at the CAALA Offices Conference Center in Downtown Los Angeles. As part of the program where experienced trial attorneys share their opinions […]

  • Shegerian & Associates Founder Urges Californians to Heed Lessons Learned from McCourts Divorce

    November 5, 2009

    Carney R. Shegerian, founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based law firm specializing in employee rights, has issued a statement aimed at all employees in light of recent news coverage surrounding Los Angeles Dodgers Owners Frank and Jamie McCourt and their divorce. News of the McCourts’ separation broke last month as the Dodgers were […]

  • Shegerian & Associates Founder Urges California Employees to Step Forward Regarding Unsafe Working Conditions

    October 29, 2009

    Carney R. Shegerian, founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based law firm specializing in employee rights, has issued a statement aimed at all employees in light of a recent news story regarding a worker killed by a cardboard crushing machine in the Los Angeles area. The worker, 64-year-old Efren Monterroso, was inside the compactor […]

  • Shegerian & Associates Founder Urges California Employees to Learn from Ralph Lauren’s Alleged Mistake

    October 22, 2009

    Carney R. Shegerian, founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based law firm specializing in employee rights, has issued a statement aimed at all employees in light of current reports of Ralph Lauren’s firing of Filippa Hamilton, allegedly because she “was too fat.” Ralph Lauren’s clothing company terminated Hamilton’s contract recently because she “weighed too […]

  • Shegerian & Associates Founder Urges California Employees to be Aware of “Paramour Sexual Harassment” Laws

    October 14, 2009

    Kimmel and Letterman Examples Make Issue a Topic of National Discussion Carney R. Shegerian, founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based law firm specializing in employee rights, has issued a statement aimed at all California employees in light of news coverage of Jimmy Kimmel’s current romantic relationship with an employee of his show. Shegerian […]

  • Beyond Letterman, office romance a prickly issue in US workplaces

    October 8, 2009

    For all the extraordinary elements of the David Letterman scandal, so far his situation lands within a wide gray zone for workplace behavior. Leave aside the fact that he’s a television personality and the alleged victim of a bizarre extortion attempt, and what’s left is a kind of complicated mess that can arise in businesses […]

  • California Employment Lawyers Association Recognizes Shegerian & Associates Cases as “Champion Verdicts”

    October 8, 2009

    Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based law firm specializing in employee rights, had two of its cases featured last week as “Champion Verdicts” of the year at the California Employment Lawyers Association (CELA) 22nd annual Employment Law Conference in Oakland, California. The presentation, to an audience of California’s leading labor and employment attorneys and advocates, […]

  • Shegerian & Associates Founder Urges California Employees to Heed the Lessons Learned from…

    October 6, 2009

    Carney R. Shegerian, founder of Shegerian & Associates, a Santa Monica-based law firm specializing in employee rights, has issued a statement aimed at all employees in light of current news coverage of David Letterman and his on-air admission of affairs with employees over the years. Shegerian warns that office trysts, in California, at least, can […]