Employment law and consumer protection, explained by the attorneys who litigate it. Straight answers on your rights at work and in the marketplace.
Consumer Rights
If the motor vehicle you bought recently just cannot seem to run consistently, it is natural to feel extremely frustrated. You may suspect that the dealership that sold you the vehicle ripped you off. But you are not necessarily stuck with that hunk of junk and no compensation. California has a Lemon Law that gives […]
Employment Law
A high-profile employment discrimination lawsuit has Silicon Valley businesses doing a lot of soul-searching, it appears. Whether this will lead to real changes in how female employees are treated in the tech field remains to be seen. Readers have probably heard of the suit, which has received a great deal of media coverage. The plaintiff, […]
Consumer Rights
Dealing with a debt collection agency that uses abusive, illegal tactics is bad enough. Imagine if you do not even owe the money in the first place. Maybe you already paid off the debt long ago, or it is a case of mistaken identity. An unscrupulous debt collector will continue to pursue payment anyway, perhaps […]
Employment Law
Often, instead of recognizing that they have a problem manager or worker and taking steps to handle the issue, employers will punish an employee who reports sexual harassment. They may try to intimidate the victim through demotion, unwanted job transfer, denial of a deserved raise or other benefit, and so on. These tactics can go […]
Consumer Rights
It has been a few weeks since we discussed options people in California who are being harassed by debt collectors have under the law. In that post, we mentioned the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, an important piece of federal legislation that seeks to protect people in debt from abusive debt collection practices. As we […]
Employment Law
Employment discrimination can take many forms, and not all of them are obvious. To help you determine whether your rights have been violated at work, our firm recently published a white paper entitled “Is That Legal? A Worker’s Guide to Spotting Employment Discrimination.” This paper provides you with an introduction to some key laws and […]
Employment Law
A major employment discrimination case before the U.S. Supreme Court addresses how employers must respect their employees’ religious practices, when they are not certain what religion those workers believe in. On Feb. 25, justices heard oral arguments in a case that pits upscale teenage clothing chain Abercrombie & Fitch against a young Muslim woman who […]
Employment Law
There are managers and workers in California who mistreat people at their workplace, but technically are not committing sexual harassment or discrimination. Even when abusive words or actions do not fit into these well-known legal categories, they can be extremely painful and create a toxic work environment for victims. To try to fill in this […]
Consumer Rights
If you buy something with a credit card it’s fair to expect that a company that has a stake in the bill will want to be paid according to the terms of the contract you signed. It is also fair to expect that some companies might show a certain level of persistence in trying to […]
Employment Law
Virtually every employer in California says it does not tolerate sexual harassment or discrimination of its workforce by co-workers or superiors. These businesses claim to take reports of harassment and discrimination from their employees very seriously. Unfortunately, in many cases these are just empty words. Rather than investigate claims, many employers try to suppress complaints […]
Consumer Rights
Class actions can be large and complex. Many class action suits involving a defective product or a law-breaking creditor can involve thousands of victims - if not more. In these cases, it would be impossible to find all of the potential plaintiffs before the attorneys bring a claim against the defendant and begin looking into […]
Employment Law
Now that clothing company American Apparel has fired Dov Charney, its founder and CEO, after numerous accusations of sexual harassment, the company is changing its policy regarding treatment of employees. The company announced earlier this month that it has developed a new anti-sexual harassment policy. The new policy makes it clear that American Apparel will […]
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