Mayor James T. Butts, Jr. Reveals in Sit-Down Interview with Renowned Employee Rights Attorney-Syndicated Radio Host Carney Shegerian INGLEWOOD, Calif., May 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — In just over a year, the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers are expected to play their first games in their future home: the $5 billion LA Stadium and Entertainment District […]

California Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of CNN arguments that the state’s anti-SLAPP statute, which protects free speech rights in matters of public interest, should defeat a black ex-producer’s discrimination and retaliation lawsuit. The acronym SLAPP stands for “strategic lawsuits against public participation.” Under the statute, a defendant in California arguing that a lawsuit is […]

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, May 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — A former Forever 21 employee has sued her managers for wrongful termination citing discrimination, harassment and retaliation. Dennis “Paris” Naranjo, who is transgender, claims she suffered repeated harassment at the hands of her former managers. Naranjo began working at the Northridge store as a sales […]

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, May 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Juan Carlos Bravo, a former employee at Huy Fong Foods, Inc. with a disability, filed a lawsuit against the company alleging wrongful termination, retaliation and harassment. Bravo is represented by Carney Shegerian, the founder of Los Angeles-based employee rights law firm Shegerian & Associates. Bravo […]

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, May 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Following the ousting of Hollywood powerhouses Harvey Weinstein and Les Moonves, the #MeToo movement is having far reaching effects on those not in the entertainment industry. Recent numbers released by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) show that in 2018, while the overall number of […]

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, June 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Sixteen women have come forward to file a lawsuit claiming the bureau discriminates on the basis of gender in how it trains and evaluates female candidates. The suit, filed on May 29, details how the women, seven of whom who still work for the FBI, […]

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, July 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — A black employee has sued Boeing for being a “racially hostile” work environment citing repeated harassment at the North Charleston, South Carolina plant. Curtis Anthony, a quality inspector since 2011 on the 787 Dreamliner, claims that he found a noose hanging near his desk, signs […]

LOS ANGELES, July 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Lilli Hadsell, the first and only female Chief of Police for the City of Baldwin Park, was awarded over $7 million in damages in her gender discrimination, harassment and retaliation lawsuit against the City in March 2019. After the unanimous verdict, the City of Baldwin Park quickly issued […]

LOS ANGELES, March 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Lyft and Uber drivers held a 25-hour strike in Los Angeles and Redondo Beach on Monday, protesting wage cuts and poor working conditions. The strike was spurred by a recent announcement from Uber – drivers will receive a 25 percent cut in pay per mile in Los Angeles […]

NEW YORK, and LOS ANGELES, March 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Four men have come forward with allegations that they were groped, harassed or assaulted by San Diego Unified Trustee Kevin Beiser. One of the four men recently filed a lawsuit claiming that he was sexually harassed and assaulted by Beiser. Beiser, a San Diego Unified […]

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, March 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Following the deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash, Boeing and its 737 Max jets have been under scrutiny along with any ignored employee complaints. According to new reports, engineers involved in evaluations of the plane, a Boeing 737 Max 8, knew of flaws in the original report […]

LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, March 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Lisa O’Steen, a former employee of the Florida Sports Foundation, has filed a federal lawsuit against her former employer citing sexual harassment from the organization’s former CEO and President. In her complaint, O’Steen claims that John Webb continuously sexually harassed her and other female employees […]