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[caption id="attachment_1056" align="alignleft" width="150" class="headshot "] $15 Million Wrongful Termination Suit Filed against the California Bar Association[/caption] The State Bar of California was recently named as a defendant in a $15 million wrongful termination lawsuit that alleges rampant incompetence and...Read More

Days ago, officials at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a new proposal that would ban mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer contracts. Intended to protect consumers’ rights and enhance their options when those rights have been violated, the new...Read More

Two companies operating under the name Mercola – Mercola, LLC and Mercola Health Resources, LLC – have recently agreed to issue refunds to consumers who have purchased one of their indoor tanning systems, according to a recent announcement from the...Read More

Prohibiting workplace discrimination and harassment, the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA)1 offers a number of important protections to California workers. While this law has been updated various times since it first took effect in 1959, the latest round of...Read More

When is it a good time to speak with a Pasadena employment lawyer? We ask employment & wrongful termination lawyer George Azadian who has recovered millions for employees… We spend most of our days, if not most of our lives,...Read More

Every day, countless women perform the same work as their male colleagues only to earn less than their fair share.  On National Equal Pay Day, we mark how far into the new year women would have to work just to...Read More

The House Oversight Committee is currently investigating the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for allegedly retaliating against multiple employees who had attempted to blow the whistle on the Administration’s alleged failures. Sparked by reports that TSA authorities regularly ignored reports of...Read More

Employers in California who staff transgender employees are required to allow these workers access to the restroom facilities associated with their gender identity, a newly issued guidance from the Department of Fair Employment & Housing (DFEH) explains. Affirming previously issued...Read More

Aging female job applicants may be the targets of employers’ age discrimination more often than aging male applicants, according to the findings of a recent study conducted by researchers at Tulane University and the University of California, Irvine. This study1,...Read More

Fast food establishments in California, Washington and Oregon are currently the focus of a federal investigation, as regulators examine whether these employers are paying their workers the appropriate minimum wage and overtime pay. According to a recent announcement from the...Read More