Tag: Discrimination

NEW YORK, NY/LOS ANGELES, CA – Two companies have been ordered to pay a former collections specialist $5.9 million in compensatory and punitive damages after she prevailed at trial in her disability discrimination lawsuit. At the end of a three-week […]

LOS ANGELES – Two companies have been ordered to pay aformer Senior Vice President of Claims Litigation $155.4million in compensatory and punitive damages after he prevailed in his wrongful termination suit. The jury on Tuesday found that Farmers Group, Inc. […]

Written by Brooke Grossman Environmental racism, environmental justice, and environmental litigation are overlapping concepts rooted in the disproportionate burden of toxic pollution borne by low-income, heavily-minority communities. Industry has a record of targeting these communities for waste disposal and other harmful […]

Seasoned legal advocate and former workers’ rights attorney Jeffrey A. Mittman selected by unanimous board vote Concord, Calif. – Dec. 10, 2020 – After an extensive nationwide search, the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) and The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute […]

San Francisco–On July 30, 2020, the law firms of Altshuler Berzon LLP and Clapp & Lauinger LLP filed the first-ever class action lawsuit against a major American retailer to address the adverse impacts of mandatory face-mask policies on people who […]

DATELINE:  PHILADELPHIA, PA. 7/29/20 Michael A. Walker, Esq., a Pennsylvania Civil Rights Attorney and Founder of The Walker Firm is partnering with Andrew Hale, Founding Partner of Hale & Monico, a Chicago based Law Firm on Pennsylvania Civil Rights Cases.  Michael […]

The Espinoza Law Firm joined the EEOC on behalf of 24 plaintiffs in multi-million dollar claim against resort management for policies and procedures designed to discriminate against Spanish-speaking Hispanics. After one year of litigation, the resort agrees to pay $2.6 […]