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The Sex Discrimination Case That Rocked Silicon Valley Proceeds to Trial
The high-profile sexual discrimination lawsuit by Ellen Pao against the Silicon Valley giant venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers has moved closer to trial. In September 2013, the California Supreme Court rejected the defendant venture capital firm’s motion … Continue reading
Are the Symptoms Caused By the Illness or the Medication?
Society places such faith medicine that we tend to believe that since a doctor prescribes a drug, it is safe. Unfortunately, all too often, we discover that a prescription drug recommended by our doctor have serious side effects such as … Continue reading
Sexual Harassment With or Without Sexual Desire
Patrick Kelley’s first week as an ironworker was hell. His supervisors and coworkers tormented him with intimidating and sexually explicit remarks. His supervisor declared that he desired to sodomize him. A coworker chimed in and insisted that he would force … Continue reading
It Must Be the Food
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that food poisoning causes 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths every year. Consumers who suffer foodborne illnesses may be able to bring legal actions against the responsible parties for their failure to … Continue reading
California’s Family and Medical Leave Law Surpasses Its Federal Counterpart
California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill to expand the state’s 2002 paid family leave law to provide partial wages for employees who take time off to care for certain seriously ill relatives. Existing California law provides for a state … Continue reading
Disc Injuries Can Be a Real Pain in the Back
Disc injuries occur in many different ways. Sometimes disc injuries occur from picking up heavy objects in your home or from twisting the wrong way to pass an object. Often, disc injuries occur from traumatic incidents, such as car crashes … Continue reading
How Far Does California’s Definition of Religious Discrimination Go?
This past summer, California judge John Meyer concluded that yoga, as being taught by a public school, was not advancing or promoting religion. In 2011, Encinitas Union School District in Encinitas, California began a pilot yoga program in one of … Continue reading
Liability for Fans Falling to Their Death at Sports Stadiums
Before the kickoff of the San Francisco 49ers home opener, tragedy struck one of fans attending the game. Kevin Hayes was walking to Candlestick Park with his brother when he fell from a pedestrian walkway and died. Witnesses say he … Continue reading
Protecting California’s Employees With Disabilities From Discrimination
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing the federal laws prohibiting discrimination against disabled persons in the workplace. Recently, the EEOC filed a lawsuit against the Georgia Power Company for allegedly discriminating against employees and job … Continue reading
A Jackknifed Tractor-Trailer Can Wreak Havoc
According to statistics collected by the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS), 8,282 large trucks and 1,118 buses were involved in nonfatal crashes in 2010. That same year, 2,948 of the accidents involving … Continue reading
