A student and an employee at Fresno State University charge that campus officials bungled multiple claims of sexual harassment and sexual assault. In December, two lawsuits were filed in Los Angeles Superior Court targeting the California State University system and...
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Month: March 2023
LA judge sentences Harvey Weinstein to additional 16 years in prison
Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars after a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge sentenced him to 16 years in prison for raping a woman in 2013. While issuing the punishment on February 24, Judge Lisa...
Appeals court rejects limits to California employer-mandated arbitration
Few people know what arbitration is but chances are you have signed an agreement with your employer waiving your right to have your dispute with your employer decided by a jury. Instead, any employment dispute will be decided by an arbitrator—paid for by your...
Attorney Gloria Allred demands accountability by LAPD over collusion with former CBS CEO
In 2017 during the early stages of the #MeToo movement, then-81-year-old Phyllis Golden-Gottlieb filed a confidential report with the Los Angeles Police Department. The complaint detailed multiple instances of sexual assault by former CBS president and CEO Leslie...
McDonald’s franchisee to pay $2M over sexual harassment complaints
In early January, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that McDonald’s franchise owner AMTCR will pay nearly $2 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed on behalf of fast-food workers in California, Nevada and Arizona. The...