Sometimes sexual harassment can be rampant throughout one organization. Over the last year, one California college has settled two sexual harassment allegations. The college paid out millions of dollars for to settle lawsuits that claim the same man sexually harassed...
Company settles California pregnancy discrimination case
A lawsuit that was filed over a year ago has been settled after a company accused of discriminating against a pregnant woman agreed to pay the woman $140,000. The pregnancy discrimination suit filed in California alleged the woman was not hired for a position that she...
Los Angeles jury awards $1.29 million in sexual harassment case
A former Burbank deputy police chief who claimed he was demoted and then fired for complaining about racial discrimination and sexual harassment within the department was awarded $1.29 million Monday by a downtown Los Angeles jury.Gregory W. Smith, an attorney for...
HSRR files Complaint over Lomita’s denial of request for new mosque
Hadsell Stormer Richardson & Renick along with the office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations have filed a joint complaint against the city of Lomita for denying the Islamic Center of South Bay's application to build a new mosque.The federal...
Former NASA Pasadena worker files wrongful termination suit
Many times coworkers engage in conversations that involve disagreements on beliefs. Most people don't expect to be fired for sharing their beliefs with other people, as long as they don't force them on coworkers. That's exactly what a former Pasadena NASA...
Whistleblower trial commences for former Colton police chief
HSRR Partner Dan Stormer gave his opening statement this week in a trial involving former Colton Police Chief Ken Rulon. Rulon alleges that he was wrongfully fired and defamed for reporting suspected corruption involving multiple Colton city officials.Dan Stormer said...
Illegal labor practices rampant in Los Angeles area warehouses
Large distribution centers help receive and sort goods that are sent all across the United States for hundreds of companies, including some of the nation's most recognizable brands. These distributions centers which are located just east of Los Angeles are also...
Anne Richardson will speak at the University of Colorado’s Law School on Friday, March 16, 2012
HSRR's Anne Richardson is a featured speaker at the University of Colorado Law School's Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy's Symposium on March 16, 2012. She will address the issue of Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Violations. Click here...
HSRR part of $3.2 million attorney’s fee award
On Friday March 2, 2012, a federal judge awarded more than $3.2 million in attorney's fees and expenses to three law firms who spent more than a decade in a legal battle with Orange County, California, in order to ensure that the jails were made more accessible to the...
Reem Salahi has been invited to speak at UCLA
HSRR Associate, Reem Salahi, was invited to speak this Saturday on the attorney panel for the Law Fellows Program at UCLA. The Law Fellows Program is a pipeline-building initiative designed to increase diversity in law schools and within the profession. This year's...
