Employment Law Treatise Added to Case Text AI-Powered Database

Helmer Friedman LLP’s Two-Volume Employment Law Treatise Added To Nation’s Leading Electronic Legal Research Company’s Searchable Database

June 10, 2022 – Helmer Friedman LLP is very pleased to announce that Casetext, the Nation’s leading provider of A.I.-powered legal research technology, has partnered with James Publishing, the Nation’s leading provider of practical law books, and will feature Andrew H. Friedman’s two-volume, 2,000-page employment law treatise – Litigating Employment Law Discrimination Cases (James Publishing 2005 – 2024) – in its electronic database. As part of the rollout of this new partnership, Valerie McConnell, Casetext’s Vice-President of User Success, released a video interview of Mr. Friedman about his book.

I am very excited that Casetext is collaborating with James Publishing to bring an even larger audience to my book. My Contributing Authors and I are hard at work on the 2023 edition of Litigating Employment Law Discrimination Cases and we couldn’t be more pleased that our treatise will now be available online and easily searchable with Casetext’s proprietary A.I.-powered legal research technology.

Commenting about the addition of his book to Casetext’s legal database, Mr. Friedman said “I am very excited that Casetext is collaborating with James Publishing to bring an even larger audience to my book. My Contributing Authors and I are hard at work on the 2023 edition of Litigating Employment Law Discrimination Cases and we couldn’t be more pleased that our treatise will now be available online and easily searchable with Casetext’s proprietary A.I.-powered legal research technology.”

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For more information, visit Casetext.com.

Staff2024-11-20T14:45:57-08:00June 17th, 2022|employment law|Comments Off

Labor Employment Law Conference
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Labor Employment Law Conference

Andrew Friedman, Labor & Employment Law, speaking engagements

Labor Employment Law Conference

Employment Law Year in Review

July 14-15, 2022 – 38th Annual Meeting of the Labor and Employment Law Section.

Andrew Friedman and Anthony J. Oncidi will team up once again in this fast-paced presentation covering the top employment law cases from the past year, with an emphasis on the cases of greatest utility to employment law practitioners.

Register for 38th Annual Meeting – Labor and Employment Law.

Staff2022-06-16T08:28:45-08:00June 16th, 2022|Andrew Friedman, Labor & Employment Law, speaking engagements|Comments Off

Helmer Friedman LLP Welcomes New Attorney
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Helmer Friedman LLP Welcomes New Attorney

April 15, 2022 – Helmer Friedman LLP is very pleased to announce that Ryan Handley, formerly of Levin & Nalbandyan LLP, has joined the law firm. Mr. Handley, who received his J.D. from Southwestern Law School and his B.A. from the University of Washington (where he majored in International Political and Economic Studies with a focus on Asia), represents employees in all aspects of employment-related litigation, including discrimination and whistleblowing.

Mr. Hanley is admitted to practice in California State and Federal Courts and is an active member of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association and the Asian Pacific American Women Lawyers Alliance. Prior to law school, Mr. Handley was an English teacher in South Korea, where he pushed for his school district to end asbestos construction while employees were on site.

Staff2022-09-26T08:58:19-08:00April 13th, 2022|employment law|Comments Off

Andrew H. Friedman and EEOC Attorney Taylor Markey Co-Author Article For The Advocate Magazine
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Andrew H. Friedman and EEOC Attorney Taylor Markey Co-Author Article For The Advocate Magazine

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Andrew H. Friedman and EEOC Attorney Taylor Markey Co-Author Article For The Advocate Magazine

May 1, 2022 – Helmer Friedman LLP is very pleased to announce that the May 2022 Advocate Magazine, a journal of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, contains an article written by Helmer Friedman LLP attorney Andrew H. Friedman and former Helmer Friedman LLP attorney Taylor Markey, who is now an attorney with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – The best and worst employment developments of 2021. The article can be viewed here.

Staff2024-09-18T12:14:07-08:00April 13th, 2022|Andrew Friedman, employment law publications, Taylor Markey|Comments Off

Forced Arbitration Clauses Take Greatest Toll on Marginalized Groups

The Center for Progressive Reform Releases A Report Revealing That Forced Arbitration Clauses in Corporate Contracts Take Greatest Toll on Historically Marginalized Groups

February 1, 2022, (Washington D.C.) – Forced arbitration is a biased process that allows corporate wrongdoers to not only get away with serious violations of the Nation’s civil rights and employment laws but to also hide that misconduct from the courts and the public eye. It allows serial sexual harassers and abusers to thrive while precluding their victims from obtaining justice. It is well past time for our laws to be amended to prohibit forced arbitration. Today, the Center for Progressive Reform released a report confirming what plaintiff employment attorneys across America already know – forced arbitration clauses favor corporations over workers and consumers because arbitrators have financial motives to rule in favor of corporations, don’t have to follow the rules of evidence, explain their decisions in writing, or apply the law consistently, and they often can’t be overruled by a higher court. Indeed, individuals seldom prevail in forced arbitration, and people of color, women, low-income people and other marginalized groups pay the highest price of contracts that deprive workers and consumers of justice in the courts. Commenting about this report, Helmer Friedman LLP founding partner, Andrew H. Friedman, stated: “Forced arbitration is a biased process that allows corporate wrongdoers to not only get away with serious violations of the Nation’s civil rights and employment laws but to also hide that misconduct from the courts and the public eye. It allows serial sexual harassers and abusers to thrive while precluding their victims from obtaining justice. It is well past time for our laws to be amended to prohibit forced arbitration.”
For a complete copy of this report, visit the website of the Center for Progressive Reform at https://cpr-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/private-courts-biased-outcomes-forced-arbitration-rpt-0222.pdf.

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Bill Ending Forced Arbitration In Sex Harassment and Assault Cases
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Bill Ending Forced Arbitration In Sex Harassment and Assault Cases

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Bill Ending Forced Arbitration In Sex Harassment and Assault Cases

President Biden To Sign Bill Ending Forced Arbitration In Sex Harassment And Assault Cases

February 10, 2022 (Washington D.C.) – Today, the Senate passed a bill to put an end to forced arbitration for survivors of sexual assault and harassment. The bill, called the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, was passed with a large bipartisan vote by the House of Representatives earlier in the week and heads to President Biden’s desk for his signature. Sen. Kirstin Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., introduced the bill five years ago and lawmakers negotiated with business leaders to get support for the bill. In a sign of the overwhelming support for the measure, it was approved by voice vote in the chamber. The bill gives individuals a choice between going to court or going to arbitration to resolve allegations in cases related to sexual harassment or assault. As Sen. Kirstin Gillibrand, D-N.Y., a sponsor of the bill, stated:

The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act represents a fantastic first step in protecting American employees from workplace sexual harassment that for far too long has been hidden from the public and the courts by a system that is rigged to protect corporate America.

Bill sponsor Sen. Kirstin Gillibrand, D-NY.

Helmer Friedman LLP founding partner, Gregory D. Helmer, pictured with Sen. Kirstin Gillibrand, D-N.Y., a sponsor of the bill.

The bill is also retroactive — invalidating any existing forced arbitration clauses in ongoing cases that could make it difficult for any survivors to litigate cases against their employers. Commenting on the passage of the bill, Helmer Friedman LLP founding partner, Gregory D. Helmer, stated:

“This bill represents one of the most significant workplace reforms in American history …It will help us fix a broken system that protects perpetrators and corporations and end the days of silencing survivors. …The arbitration process not only allows the corporations to hide sexual harassment and assault cases in this secretive and often biased process, but it shields those who committed serious misconduct from the public eye.”

If you believe that you have been the victim of sexual assault or harassment in the workplace, please contact Helmer Friedman LLP.

Staff2022-02-12T08:15:07-08:00February 10th, 2022|Front Page News, Greg Helmer, sexual harassment|Comments Off

Super Lawyers Gregory D. Helmer, Andrew H. Friedman 2022

Super Lawyers Names Gregory D. Helmer and Andrew H. Friedman as 2022 Super Lawyers

February 1, 2022 – Los Angeles – Helmer Friedman LLP is very pleased to announce that the lawyer rating service Super Lawyers has named founding partners Gregory D. Helmer and Andrew H. Friedman as 2022 Super Lawyers.

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Andrew Friedman Named Super Lawyers Top 100 Southern California List

Super Lawyers Names Andrew H. Friedman To Its Top 100 Southern California Lawyers List

February 1, 2022 – Los Angeles – According to the Los Angeles Bar Association, there are over 25,000 lawyers in the Los Angeles area. Helmer Friedman LLP is very pleased to announce that the lawyer rating service Super Lawyers has named Andrew H. Friedman to its list of the Top 100 attorneys in Southern California – https://www.superlawyers.com/california-southern/toplists/top-100-2022-southern-california-super-lawyers/45efb53717e251fff467ff439bbce62e

Staff2022-06-08T09:28:39-08:00February 1st, 2022|employment law|Comments Off

California Labor & Employment Law Review

Andrew H. Friedman Authors Article For The California Labor & Employment Law Review

January 1, 2022 – Helmer Friedman LLP is proud to announce that the California Labor & Employment Law Review recently published an article co-authored by Andrew H. Friedman, Ramit Mizrahi (of Mizrahi Law, APC in Pasadena), and Tony Onicidi (of Proskauer in Century City). Entitled “Top Employment Law Cases of 2021,” the article highlights the most important employment law cases that were decided in 2021. The article can be read here.

Staff2024-09-18T12:14:33-08:00December 30th, 2021|Andrew Friedman, employment law publications|Comments Off

Mediation Strategies and Tactics for Resolving the Employment Law Dispute
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Mediation Strategies and Tactics for Resolving the Employment Law Dispute

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Mediation Strategies and Tactics for Resolving the Employment Law Dispute

February 3, 2022 Pincus Professional Education has asked Andrew H. Friedman to speak on a panel about mediation – Mediation Strategies and Tactics for Resolving the Employment Law Dispute. The panel will also include a prominent employment defense attorney (John L. Barber of Lewis Brisbois) and a preeminent mediator (Angela J. Reddock-Wright with Judicate West).

Pincus describes the program as follows:

At this program, a prominent employment defense attorney (John L. Barber of Lewis Brisbois), a well-known plaintiff employment attorney (Andrew H. Friedman of Helmer Friedman LLP), and a preeminent mediator (Angela J. Reddock-Wright with Judicate West) will discuss (and debate) practical mediation skills for employment litigators (from novice to seasoned). This terrific, practical, three-hour course will teach employment attorneys how best to get cases into mediation (and when to do so), persuasively explain their case to the other side through the mediator, break any impasse, negotiate to get the best monetary (and non-monetary) result. The speakers will tell you how to document the settlement with an enforceable written agreement that complies with all of the new laws regarding confidentiality, non-competition, re-hire, and enforceability. Our faculty of leading employment law attorneys and our mediator will provide the concrete tools to resolve cases, more quickly. Our panelists will also cover the ethical rules applicable to mediation.

For more information about this program and/or to register, visit – https://new.pincusproed.com/product/advanced-mediation-strategies-and-tactics-for-the-employment-law-case-webinar/.

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