The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions is set to reopen discussion on a bill that prevents non-religious employers from discriminating against people due to their sexual orientation or gender identity. Workplace discrimination remains a...
Randy Renick on the state of wage and hour law in California
The Pasadena Bar Association's Labor & Employment Section has organized a distinguished panel of labor and employment lawyers to discuss the state of wage and hour law in California on Tuesday July 10, 2012. HSRR's Randy Renick has been invited to serve as...
Ninth Circuit rules trial court erred in whistleblower’s wrongful termination case
On June 26, 2012 a three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Court reversed an order of the District Court granting summary judgment on plaintiff's claim for wrongful termination in violation of public policy. Plaintiff, a high level...
HSRR’s Anne Richardson Given Award
Anne Richardson, a partner at Hadsell Stormer Richardson & Renick, LLP, received an award from the National Lawyers Guild on June 24, 2012, in Pasadena, California. Richardson was honored for more than twenty years of achievements in public interest law, and...
LA-area coach claims wrongful termination for Facebook photos
A gay high school assistant water polo coach is suing the Charter Oak Unified School District in Covina which fired him last year for some photographs posted on Myspace and Facebook. The former assistant coach alleges wrongful termination and claims that he was...
Sexual harassment suit shakes Silicon Valley
The computer and technology industry has been historically dominated by men. Although these men are not the stereotypical chauvinists that many might imagine they have come under scrutiny as of late. A junior partner in the well-respected venture capital firm Kleiner...
Los Angeles school district sexual harassment case in trouble?
A senior employee at the Los Angeles Unified School District is now denying he has agreed to a settlement with the school district for $200,000 in a lawsuit he filed against the district. The complaint accuses the former superintendent of the school district of sexual...
HSRR settles wage and hour class action for $2.5 million
The Hilton Los Angeles Airport has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a class of current and former employees who claimed they were not paid properly for the time spent performing required activities prior to beginning work, improperly denied meal...
