$8.5 Million for Pregnancy Discrimination-The Price is Right
May 07, 2013
The Price is Right has been hit with an $8.5 million jury verdict for pregnancy discrimination against former Barker Beauty model Brandi Cochran. The 41 year old former Price is Right model says that s...
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Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination-the case re Oprah Winfrey
May 07, 2013
Oprah Winfreys TV network OWN is one of the latest celebrity owned companies sued for wrongful termination and discrimination. Former employee and Senior Director Carolyn Hommel filed suit against OWN ...
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“The Bachelor” Race Discrimination Lawsuit Thrown Out of Court
Oct 25, 2012
Update from a previous post:
Several months back I wrote a post on the lawsuit filed by two African-American men who sued the shows The Bachelor and The Bachelorette for race discrimination because ...
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America's Worst Employers--What Makes an Employer Bad?
Aug 17, 2012
Fox Business just came out with an article on the worst companies to work for in America. The eleven companies listed included sectors such as TV,retail, and banking.
http://www.foxbusiness.com/person...
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Overtime and Breach of Contract: The Courtney Love Case
Jul 24, 2012
Courtney Loves former assistant has sued the musician/actress for wrongful termination and wage and hour violations. What is really unique about the former assistants allegations is her breach of contr...
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Reverse Gender Discrimination: The Jimmie Fallon Example
Jul 06, 2012
Jimmy Fallon Sued by Former Employee for Gender Discrimination Because he Prefers to Take Direction From a Woman
A former male employee of Jimmy Fallons late night show is suing Mr. Fallon for gender...
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LA Employment Lawyer Sues Gloria Allred for Poaching his John Travolta Client
Jun 30, 2012
I often write on popular issues in employment law, but this time the issue is the employment lawyers themselves. A local Los Angeles employment lawyer who represented one of the masseurs accusing Joh...
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Sharon Stone Sued for Paying (yes paying) Her Nanny Overtime?
Jun 10, 2012
Sharon Stones former nanny has sued her in Los Angeles Superior Court for, among other things, payingher overtime. Yes, you read this right, suing for gettingpaidovertime. The lawsuit alleges that the ...
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Suing “The Bachelor” for Race Discrimination
May 09, 2012
Two African Americans are suing the long-running show The Bachelor for race discrimination. The two men say that theylike many other African Americanswere not chosen by the shows producers because of t...
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Desperate Housewife Wrongfully Terminated?
Mar 25, 2012
Former Desparate Housewife co-star Nicollette Sheridan sued her production company for wrongful termination. Sheridan alleged she was terminated (her character killed off the show) in retaliation for c...
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