by Experience, Dedication, Results | Mar 28, 2012
The following is a reprint of an OpEd piece I submitted to the Los Angeles Daily Journal. The Article was published in the “Perspective” Section on 3/20/2012: Constitutional rights can collide, and when they do, of course courts must reconcile...
by Experience, Dedication, Results | Mar 6, 2012
Ani Coupourian sued her employer, Catholic Healtcare West (now “Dignity Health”), for sexual harassment and retaliation. The resulting $167 million verdict, obtained by Sacarmento Trial Lawyer Lawrance Bohm, is thought to be the biggest of its kind...
by Experience, Dedication, Results | Mar 1, 2012
The California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate Division has provided employees another basis to avoid arbitration of employment disputes. See Mayers v. Volt Management Corp (2/2/2012) No. G045036, as decided by our own Orange County based appellate panel....
by Experience, Dedication, Results | Mar 1, 2012
Did Director Marc Cherry wack actress Nicolette Sheridan on the head, and then fire her after she complained to ABC? ABC investigated and cleared Cherry. Oh hum. I see that self-interested outcome all the time. Cherry said he...
by Experience, Dedication, Results | Feb 23, 2012
An employee alleging “termination in violation of public policy” [a whistleblower case] has the burden of proving that he sustained an injury sufficiently severe to merit damages. The question articulated by the Calfornia and federal courts is...
by Experience, Dedication, Results | Feb 22, 2012
In a previous article, I covered a case holding that evidence of harassment by the defendant of other persons before the employment and harassment alleged by the current employee is nonetheless admissible. This type of evidence is loosely described as “me...
