By Tanuja Jain Gupta The first time you share your experience of mistreatment in the workplace with us, we quickly ask “where” and “when.” The location and timing of your mistreatment affect our ability to help you. The location tells us the jurisdiction—which state and city laws bind your employer, and which courts have the […]
By Amira Dehmani and Nicole Motherway “He” used to be a universal descriptor, setting a masculine tone for legal language. Though it has evolved over time, the legal profession continues to be linguistically exclusive, particularly for nonbinary people. In this blog, we share best practices to ensure that every client feels seen, respected, and valued, […]
By: Ting Cheung, Xan Wolstenholme-Britt, Neha Sharma, Mary Duggan, and Erin Simard What is “Outing”? “Outing” refers to the act of disclosing someone’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or gender non-binary identity without their consent. For many LGBTQ+ and queer employees in America, keeping their gender identity and sexuality a secret from their employers is a […]
Following a nearly three-month civil trial, a judge has awarded $12.75 million to 22 women who claim they were tricked into shooting explicit sexual content by producers for the website GirlsDoPorn.com. On Thursday, Judge Kevin A. Enright of San Diego Superior Court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, stating that producers for Girls Do Porn, […]