LOS ANGELES – Two companies have been ordered to pay a former Senior Vice President of Claims Litigation $155.4 million in compensatory and punitive damages after he prevailed in his wrongful termination suit. The jury on Tuesday found that Farmers Group, Inc. and Farmers Insurance Exchange had retaliated against Andrew Rudnicki, a devoted and decorated […]

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, April 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Burbank Unified School District, (“BUSD”), has renewed its contract with mental health services provider Family Services Agency of Burbank. The news comes after Sunita Batra, who served as Director of Special Education at BUSD, filed a lawsuit against the District for wrongful termination. Batra is […]

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, April 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Activision Blizzard is now facing scrutiny after it was discovered the company paid pregnant employees for access to the data from their Ovia Health app. Ovia Health provides a suite of apps for family planning and wellness. With the app Ovia, users input their personal […]

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, April 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — According to data from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, there was a significant increase in sexual harassment charges of discrimination during 2018. The data shows that retaliation continues to be the most frequently filed charge with the agency. However, there was a 13.6% increase […]

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 […]