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CALIFORNIA FAIR EMPLOYMENT VENUE — REMOTE WORKERS CAN FILE DISCRIMINATION LAWSUITS IN THEIR OWN COUNTY

Liberal Venue Rule Applies When Employee Works Remotely: California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), enacted in 1980, establishes a comprehensive framework to safeguard the right of all individuals to seek, obtain and hold employment free from discrimination. As one means of furthering FEHA’s express purpose to provide effective remedies for discriminatory practices, a special […]

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THE DUBIOUSNESS OF TAKING A DEFAULT WITHOUT WARNING OPPOSING COUNSEL — BAD ETHICS, BAD KARMA, BAD LAWYERING

In a recent case involving a commercial landlord, a California appellate court held that a landlord’s lawyer was required by ethics and law to inform the tenant’s lawyer about the intention to request a default judgment in an unlawful detainer action. The landlord was aware that the tenant had legal representation when the complaint was

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