As #MeToo Movement Takes Off, EEOC Sexual Harassment Claims Jump
10/11/18
By: Barry Brownstein
Since October 2017, when the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke and the #MeToo movement took off, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed 50 percent more sexual harassment lawsuits than it did the previous year and has …
The California State Bar’s New Rule Follows a National Trend of Disciplining Attorneys for Discrimination
8/24/18
By: Paige Pembrook
The newly revised California Rules of Professional Conduct for attorneys, set to take effect November 1, 2018, include a tougher approach to discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in legal practice that exposes attorneys to State Bar discipline even …