by Brenna Johnson | Feb 3, 2020 | court rulings, discrimination and harassment, employer restrictions, lawsuits
Businesses will get their day in court to determine the legality of AB51, a controversial bill intended to take effect on Jan. 1, 2020. The bill would impose criminal penalties on companies forcing employees or applicants to sign arbitration agreements as a condition...
by Brenna Johnson | Jun 9, 2019 | #MeToo, discrimination and harassment, lawsuits
Score one more for the #MeToo movement. Hollywood has already been shaken to its core. And the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund is taking the fight to the low-wage worker. The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) in Washington, D.C., has accepted the...
by Brenna Johnson | Jun 22, 2018 | discrimination, gender gap, gender wage gap, lawsuits
Former partner Wendy Moore sued law firm Jones Day this week for gender discrimination. Moore’s lawsuit alleges that she was fired for complaining about the law firm’s gender bias and for criticizing the company’s “black box” compensation system, which prevents...