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National Women’s Law Center Issues MeToo Progress Report

The National Women’s Law Center has published its 2020 Progress Update: Me Too Workplace Reforms in the States. The report provides an overview of progress that has been made in advancing anti-harassment legislation for workers around the country and highlights how survivors have led the push for state law reforms. LVBH’s Wendy Musell is quoted […]

BetterBrave Podcast Interviews Jean Hyams on #MeToo

BetterBrave, a nonprofit dedicated to tackling sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace, has launched the BetterBrave Community Podcast. The podcast intends to initiate conversations on a weekly basis to explore aspects of workplace harassment. New episodes are posted every Wednesday. One of the very first episodes features LVBH partner Jean Hyams discussing how reporting […]

Bloomberg covers shareholder battle against forced arbitration at Tesla

A recent Bloomberg article shined the light on an investor’s efforts to get Tesla to stop forcing its employees into arbitration in employment disputes. The automotive giant has faced multiple claims of race discrimination and the socially-responsible investor, Kristin Hull, is pushing for change through a shareholder resolution. As part of its coverage of this […]

LVBH Teams Up With National Women’s Law Center to Fight Sexual Harassment and Assault

Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams LLP, along with the National Women’s Law Center, a renowned women’s rights organization, represents three women workers at a cable industry manufacturing plant in San Diego in their claims for sexual harassment, including one woman who was sexually assaulted. The plaintiffs are women of color who worked as cable assemblers for […]

LVBH Client Featured in New York Times Article

The New York Times published an article discussing a lawsuit filed by LVBH on behalf of Emily Kramer against her former employer, the financial technology company Carta. In her lawsuit, Kramer alleges claims for gender discrimination, denial of equal pay, retaliation, and wrongful termination. As the article notes, Ms. Kramer claims that she was paid […]

Rape Survivor’s Lawsuit Leads to New Rules for Preventing Sexual Assault for Major School District

As part of the settlement of a high-profile Title IX lawsuit brought by Virginia M., a former student, the Sacramento City Unified School District has agreed to sweeping programmatic changes in how it will respond to reports of sexual assault and harassment. Signed by the Superintendent of the District with the authorization of the District’s […]

Disability Rights for All of Us in the Time of Coronavirus

As employment lawyers, the most common questions we are hearing are “My company is trying to make me come back to work in the office, but do I really have to put myself at risk?” and “Doesn’t my boss need to let me continue to work from home?” For people who have an underlying medical […]

TechCrunch Article Features LVBH Client at Center of Discrimination Lawsuit

A leading technology media company published an article featuring LVBH client Emily Kramer and LVBH partner Sharon Vinick. TechCrunch interviewed Kramer and Vinick regarding the lawsuit filed against Silicon Valley company Carta, in which Kramer alleges gender discrimination, denial of equal pay, retaliation, and wrongful termination.