As Disneyland reopens, workers claim their employers have refused to pay them the living wage required by Measure L, approved by Anaheim voters in 2018. The law requires Anaheim Resort employers that receive city tax subsidies pay employees a living wage, currently...
Just Don’t: Nike Retail Services Loses Motion to Dismiss and is Sued Again for Racism at its Flagship Santa Monica Promenade Store. Judge Denies Nike, Inc.’s Attempt to Evade Liability and Allows Plaintiffs to Bring Them into Case.
Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai attorneys Dan Stormer, Barbara Hadsell, and David Clay Washington represent former Team USA Track Star, College Basketball Hall-of-Famer and Business Owner Joel Stallworth, as well as his spouse, CPA TaMiya Dickerson, and their young...
Inside Edition Interviews Shibani Balsaver, Sheilanee Sen and HSRD Attorney Brian Olney About LAPD’s Violent Treatment, Wrongful Accusation of U-Haul Theft
The two young women of South Asian descent are still traumatized over the violent arrest on February 8, 202o, when officers mistakenly accused them of vehicle theft. Both were terrified. Balsaver said, "I thought genuinely that I was going to get shot!" Attorney Brian...
Protestor Benjamin Montemayor Files Excessive Force Lawsuit — Challenges LAPD’s Use of Force Review Board Decision That Shooting Him In the Groin was Within Policy
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-12/protester-shot-in-testicles-with-lapd-projectile-files-excessive-force-lawsuit See also:...
CBS Interviews Benjamin Montemayor and HSRD Attorney Shaleen Shanbhag About Summer Protest Incident — LAPD Officers to Face Disciplinary Hearing for Shooting Montemayor in the Groin
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021/05/13/2-lapd-officers-face-disciplinary-hearings-after-firing-less-than-lethal-projectiles-at-2-protesters-last-summer/ See also:...
Brian Olney of Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP, Interviewed by Washington Post Re: Lawsuit Against LAPD for Violent Arrest During Traffic Stop
Attorney Olney commented about clients Shibani Balsaver and Sheilanee Sen, “Frankly, they are fortunate that no one got shot.” WashingtonPost https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/10/women-sue-lapd-violent-uhaul-arrest See also:...
HSRD attorney Shaleen Shanbhag quoted in Guardian article “Body-cam video could help curb LAPD abuses…if they actually let you see it”
Guardian article: BodyCam https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/07/los-angeles-police-body-camera-footage-lawsuits See also:...
Hadsell Stormer Partner Brian Olney Interviewed by CBS, LA Times on Case Challenging LAPD’s Violent Traffic Stop Tactics
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021/05/03/women-sue-lapd-alleging-officers-wrongfully-targeted-them/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lapd-sued-officers-handcuff-gunpoint-traffic-stop/...
As COVID-19 Spikes in LA County Jails, Cullors Team Calls on New DA Gascón to Prioritize Jail Releases
In a December 14 LA Times op ed, Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai attorney Theresa Zhen and ACLU National Prison Project attorney Eric Balaban assert that reducing the jail population is a “matter of life or death for thousands” and urge Gascón to take action. Zhen...
Five Pregnant Women Contract COVID-19 in LA County Jail
The rising rate of pregnant prisoners with COVID-19 in the Los Angeles County jail system reflects the grim COVID-jail statistics overall and highlights the grave risk of overcrowded jail systems in this time of COVID surges in California. As of now, more than 3500...
