Tesla hit by class-action lawsuit claiming racial discrimination
Reuters
Published on November 13, 2017Articles & News on Employment Law
The EEOC and the DFEH: Compare and Contrast in the Employment Law Context
Introduction Are you being sexually harassed at work? Have you experienced sex-based or racial discrimination at the hands of your supervisor? Did your employer retaliate against you because you need workplace accommodations for your disability? Whenever someone in California experiences harassment or discrimination at work, they are barred from filing a lawsuit in civil court […]
Published on November 9, 2017Navruz Avloni Garners Prestigious Designation for Young Attorneys
California Civil Rights Law Group, a San Francisco Bay Area law firm specializing in sexual harassment and discrimination law, is proud to announce that Navruz Avloni has garnered the prestigious designation of a “Top 40 Under 40” by the National Advocates. Top 40 Under 40 is a professional organization comprised of America’s top Family, Bankruptcy, […]
Published on November 7, 2017Civil Rights Lawyers File Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Cake Shop Case
Over the course of the past month, our team has worked on a “friend of the court” brief to the Supreme Court in the case Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The Masterpiece Cakeshop case poses the question: Does the First Amendment allow a business refuse to provide service to someone for being gay? We do […]
Published on October 30, 2017Supreme Court Hears Divided Oral Arguments in Case Involving Mandatory Arbitration
Editor’s Note. As discrimination attorneys representing people throughout the Bay Area – from San Francisco to Oakland, Berkeley to Palo Alto and between – we receive many complaints from employees concerning possible employment discrimination up to and including wrongful termination. In this blog post, we review some new actions of the Trump administration and various […]
Published on October 22, 2017Tesla workers claim anti-LGBT threats, taunts, and racial abuse in lawsuits
The Guardian
Published on October 19, 2017We support #metoo.
Our mothers, our sisters, our cousins, our aunts, our daughters, our roommates and coworkers and friends and partners too. JUST. BELIEVE. WOMEN. Here to listen. Here to make CHANGE. Editor’s Note: The California Civil Rights Law Group is dedicated to fighting for women to feel safe at work and to be treated as equals. Sexual harassment is not […]
Published on October 19, 2017Trump’s DOJ Faces Off Against the U.S. EEOC on the Meaning of Sex Discrimination under Title VII
Editor’s Note. As discrimination attorneys here in the San Francisco Bay Area, we keep a keen eye on litigation affecting workers and workers’ rights. In this blog post, for example, we review recent actions of the Trump administration in litigation concerning wrongful termination. If you feel that you may be facing workplace discrimination and even […]
Published on October 13, 2017Stop the Department of Education from Rolling Back Protections for Young Women
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos recently expressed her disapproval of the way universities across the country are dealing with sexual assault. But her call for reform focus on the rights of accused, forgetting that victims and survivors have historically rarely been granted dignity or even attention. The guidelines she seems intent on crafting could very likely […]
Published on September 20, 2017Searle’s Star Power Shines a Light on Campus Sexual Harassment
Editor’s Note: As leading San Francisco Bay Area sexual harassment attorneys, here is an update on a Berkeley sexual harassment lawsuit. If you think you may have experienced sexual harassment, please reach out for an attorney consultation. With offices in Oakland and San Anselmo, as well as consultations available over the phone / Skype, a confidential […]
Published on August 29, 2017Any Pardon of Joe Arpaio is an Insult to our Constitution
Editor’s Note: As San Francisco Bay Area civil rights and discrimination attorneys, we often get queries from the public about civil rights issues in the news. In this post we address President Donald Trump’s recent hints that he may pardon former Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who is currently in jail for violating the civil rights of Americans in […]
Published on August 23, 2017Google Anti-Diversity Memo Employee Has No Case
Editor’s Note As San Francisco Bay Area wrongful termination attorneys, we often get queries from the public as to the limits on wrongful termination in employment. The recent controversy at Google over former employee James Damore and his “screed” on gender issues at Google brings up an interesting question. What is the potential for a […]
Published on August 17, 2017