The worst is yet to come: Unemployed Americans should hunker down for more job losses
BY Nouriel Roubini
Think the worst is over? Wrong. Conditions in the U.S. labor markets are awful and worsening. While the official unemployment rate is already 10.2% and another 200,000 jobs were lost in October, when you include discouraged workers and [...]

A bus driver working for the City of Santa Monica, was fired after she disclosed that she was pregnant and later sued the City for pregnancy discrimination.  At trial, the City sought jury instructions on the mixed-motive affirmative defense. The trial court refused, and instead, instructed the jury that the City was liable for discrimination if [...]

In 2003, GoDaddy Software Inc. fired one of their employees after he complained about discrimination.  The employee believed he was terminated because of religious and racial prejudice and retaliation, which the employee denied.  The EEOC brought suit against the employer for unlawful termination and a verdict in favor of the EEOC was given.  The employer [...]

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to review an appellate court’s reversal of a ruling ordering Starbucks Corp. to pay more than $100 million in restitution for allowing store supervisors to share in their baristas’ tips.  The baristas are still considering what their next options will be.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics preliminary estimate for job losses for June is 467,000 which means 7.2 million people have lost their jobs since the start of the recession.  The cumulative job losses over the last six months have been greater than for any other half year period since World War II, including the military [...]

Carolyn Phillips’ lawsuit against Dow Jones & Co. alleging racial discrimination was the cause of her termination from The Wall Street Journal will go forward, Judge Deborah Batts has ruled. The judge dismissed Phillips’ contention that she was also discriminated against due to a disability. A company spokesperson refuted all allegations of any type of [...]

Stephen Danz & Associates welcomes several new contract attorneys to our firm.  Gail Hodes has joined the Northern California team. Melanie Porter has joined the San Diego area team. Espie Cervantes and Eran Lagstein have joined the L.A. Office. All of these new contract attorneys are very dedicated and bring even more experience and knowledge [...]