Bikram Choudhury, known for a form of yoga that subjects participants to room temperatures of 105 degrees, was now in the hot seat. Taking the stand in a Los Angeles courtroom in January, he was faced with questions about allegations he not only sexually harassed and then terminated his in-house counsel, but created an offensive […]

Stanley Wilson, a news producer who claims to have suffered racial discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination and defamation by CNN, achieved a significant victory last week when the Court of Appeal overturned and denied the news network’s request for an anti-SLAPP statute. Attorneys Carney Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates and Lisa Maki, Jill McDonell and Jennifer […]

Carney Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates, Inc., a Santa Monica-based litigation law firm, teamed with Nancy Doumanian of La Crescenta-based law firm Doumanian & Associates and Nicholas Rowley and Courtney Rowley of Beverly Hills-based personal injury law firm Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley to successfully convince a California state jury to hold First Student, Inc. liable […]

LOS ANGELES, Dec 08, 2016  — Attorney Carney Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates, Inc., a Santa Monica-based litigation law firm specializing in employee rights, was in attendance at Make-A-Wish Greater Los Angeles’ star-studded Wishing Well Winter Gala at the Hollywood Palladium last night. Shegerian, a proud supporter of Make-A-Wish, announced that he and his firm […]

Disability discrimination law generally states employers are prohibited from treating a disabled worker differently or unfairly simply because of his or her disability. This is the essence of disability discrimination law, and it applies to every aspect of employment, including promotion. When an employer repeatedly denies a disabled worker’s promotion simply due to his or […]

Victims of disability discrimination are generally able to recover damages based on three categories: compensatory damages, injunctive and affirmative relief, and punitive damages. In this post, we’ll take a look at what it takes to recover damages in a disability discrimination case and examples of the types of damages a disabled worker may receive. Proving […]

When Starbucks unveiled its minimalist cup design sans the religious references to Christmas last season, patrons responded with shock and amusement. “Cupgate,” as the Internet hailed the peculiar controversy, has grown to be somewhat of a modern-day case of political correctness gone viral. The situation does highlight the particularly large issues that loom just around […]

Attorney Carney Shegerian of Shegerian & Associates, Inc., a Santa Monica-based litigation law firm specializing in employee rights, moderated an expert panel discussion on employment law at the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) annual convention this past weekend in San Francisco. Shegerian led and moderated the well-attended CAOC panel titled “From Hired to Fired: Everything […]

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14, 2016 — Carney Shegerian, founder of Los Angeles-based employment discrimination firm Shegerian & Associates recently discussed the disability discrimination allegations against Sacred Heart University, an institution of higher education located in Fairfield, Connecticut. Gary Reho, a former employee, alleges he informed his employer he had been diagnosed with the onset of […]

For women with careers, pregnancy can be a scary time. Not only do you have to worry about how your personal live will inevitably change, but many women also fear how their careers will be affected by pregnancy, too. Will I lose opportunities at work when I’m pregnant? Many pregnant women fear that they will […]