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California Attorney's Fees
Civil Rights, Employment: San Diego-Tomas Opinion Is Certified For Publication
Lower Court Must Make Findings That FEHA Case Was Frivolous/Groundless Before Awarding Costs To A Prevailing Defendant, With Cost Memorandum Not Sufficing. On October 5, 2026, we posted on San…
California Public Agency Labor & Employment Blog
Same Training, New Rules? AB 1803 and California’s Expanded Harassment Prevention Requirements
By Hannah Casey
California employers will soon be required to incorporate anti-hate speech training into their existing mandatory sexual harassment prevention training programs. Assembly Bill (“AB”) 1803, recently signed into law, amends Government…
Steven G. Mehta Blog
Disability Discrimination and the Math Test: Employers Must Show Their Work
This article is for educational purposes only and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Remember taking a math test in school? You could get the right answer, but the teacher…
California Environmental Law & Business Litigation Blogs and Articles
Follow the Process: Court Confirms the Fair Chance Act is About Procedure, Not Outcomes
In McInerney v. Regents of the University of California, a lengthy and instructive opinion, the California Court of Appeal affirmed a judgment in favor of UCLA on a rejected job…
Employment Law Worldview
California Court of Appeal Clarifies Liability Standard for Supervisor Harassment (US)
By Eric Witt
On October 5, 2026, the Second Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal held in Doe v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., No. B344642, that an employer was not strictly…
Inside Jobs
California Update: New Employment Laws and Compliance Obligations for 2027
By Carolyn Rashby, Lindsay Burke, Evan Parness
New California laws signed by Governor Gavin Newsom include restrictions on workplace use of artificial intelligence and surveillance, new anti-hate speech training requirements, expanded bereavement leave, a delay of last…
Steven G. Mehta Blog
The Emotional Landscape of Employment Mediation
This article is for educational purposes only and does not create an attorney-client relationship.Employment mediation often appears to revolve around numbers, evidence, risk, and legal standards. Yet participants overlook how…
California Attorney's Fees
Civil Rights, Costs: Lower Court’s Entry Of $15,397.96 In Routine Costs Against FEHA Non-Prevailing Plaintiff Had To Be Reversed And Remanded
Lower Court Made No Predicate Finding That The Action Was Frivolous, With Boilerplate Language In Judgment Not Showing Express Findings Were Made To That Effect. San Diego-Tomas v. Aspire Bakeries,…
California Public Agency Labor & Employment Blog
Responding to Employee Mental Health Crises in the Workplace
Mental health crises are sensitive, and employees experiencing them should be treated with empathy and care. They also present employers with the challenge of coordinating workplace safety, disability and leave…
California Employment Law Update
Sexual-Orientation Harassment Claim Was Exempt From Arbitration Under EFAA
By Tony Oncidi
Decloedt v. RadNet Mgmt., Inc., 121 Cal. App. 5th 732 (2026) A male employee alleged that a coworker repeatedly made derogatory comments about his being gay, engaged in threatening and…