Blog Posts in 2011

Unsurprisingly, it is illegal to discriminate against a pregnant woman in the workplace; however, it still happens and frequently. Fortunately, Congress has clarified that Title VII indubitably ...

On October 18th, 2011, in Brennan v. Townsend & O'Leary Enterprises, Inc. (California Courts of Appeal—4th District, No. G042398), the court held that in order to prevail on a hostile work environment ...

On October 12, 2011 in Nicholas Labratories LLC v. Chen (California Courts of Appeal – 4th District, No. G044105) the court held that an employer is not required to indemnify its former employee for ...

On September 26, 2011 in Earl v. Nielsen Media Research, Inc. (US Court of Appeals – 9th Circuit, No. 09-17477) the court held that in order to raise a case of employment discrimination the plaintiff ...

On September 21, 2011 in Lopez v. Pacific Maritime Association "PMA" (United States Court of Appeals – 9th Circuit, No. 09-55698) the court found that the defendant's one-strike rule did not ...

On August 31, 2011, in Stillman v. Board of Retirement of the Fresno County Employees' Retirement Association , "FCERA" (California Courts of Appeal – 5th District, No. F059430) the court found that a ...