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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.

2022-02-12T08:15:07-08:00February 10th, 2022|Front Page News, Greg Helmer, sexual harassment|Comments Off on Bill Ending Forced Arbitration In Sex Harassment and Assault Cases
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Super Lawyers Gregory D. Helmer, Andrew H. Friedman 2022

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

Super Lawyers selected 8 consecutive years.
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.

2022-02-09T09:59:07-08:00February 9th, 2022|employment law|Comments Off on Super Lawyers Gregory D. Helmer, Andrew H. Friedman 2022
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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/45efb53717e251fff467ff439bbce62eSuperLawyers rated Andrew Friedman Top Employment Lawyer.

2022-06-08T09:28:39-08:00February 1st, 2022|employment law|Comments Off on Andrew Friedman Named Super Lawyers Top 100 Southern California List
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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.

2024-09-18T12:14:33-08:00December 30th, 2021|Andrew Friedman, employment law publications|Comments Off on California Labor & Employment Law Review
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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/.

 

2024-01-04T10:45:27-08:00December 16th, 2021|Andrew Friedman, speaking engagements|Comments Off on Mediation Strategies and Tactics for Resolving the Employment Law Dispute
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Annual Review of Employment Cases Speaking Engagements

The Pasadena Bar Association has asked Andrew H. Friedman and Tony Oncidi of Proskauer to reprise their famous “Annual Review of Employment Cases” for the Labor and Employment Law Section. That presentation will take place on January 12, 2022. During their presentation, Mr. Friedman and Mr. Oncidi will cover the top employment law cases from the past year, with an emphasis on the cases of greatest utility to employment law practitioners. Mr. Friedman and Mr. Oncidi have been providing their annual update of employment law cases to the California legal community – up and down the state – for more than a decade including to the following bar associations and organizations: The Alameda County Bar Association, the Beverly Hills Bar Association, the California Lawyers Association, the Employment Round Table of Southern California, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Pasadena Bar Association, the Santa Clara County Bar Association, the Santa Monica Bar Association, and the State Bar of California. As soon as more information about this presentation becomes available, it will be posted here.


The Beverly Hills Bar Association has also asked Andrew H. Friedman and Tony Oncidi of Proskauer to reprise their famous “Annual Review of Employment Cases” for the Labor and Employment Law Section. That presentation will take place on January 24, 2022. For more information about this presentation and to register, go to https://www.tfaforms.com/forms/view/4853685/?tfa_dbWorkflowId=5062&tfa_dbWorkflowStep=0&tfa_dbWorkflowControl=693ec04a3f687ed26dd2fb790c40884c&id=a1b5w00000DvaI6&eid=

The Los Angeles County Bar Association has also asked Andrew H. Friedman and Tony Oncidi of Proskauer to reprise their famous “Annual Review of Employment Cases” for the Labor and Employment Law Section. That presentation will take place on March 15, 2022. As soon as more information about this presentation becomes available, it will be posted here.

2023-06-22T07:22:48-08:00December 16th, 2021|Andrew Friedman, speaking engagements|Comments Off on Annual Review of Employment Cases Speaking Engagements
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Speaking Engagements for Helmer Friedman LLP

Five Bar Organizations Ask Helmer Friedman LLP Attorneys To Speak At Various Seminars In Early 2022.

Helmer Friedman LLP is very pleased to announce that five different bar organizations have requested that the law firm provide speakers at various legal education seminars taking place in early 2022.

2022 Employment Law Speaking Engagements Topics Include Ethics and Bias

The California Lawyers Association has asked Andrew H. Friedman and Samson Spiegelman to speak at the Labor and Employment Law Section’s virtual 2022 New Employment Practitioner Conference which will take place on Thursday and Friday, January 20-21, 2022.  Mr. Spiegelman will be speaking on the panel “Gathering, Evaluating, Preserving, and Presenting Evidence in a Virtual World” at noon on Thursday, January 20, 2022.

Gathering, evaluating, preserving, and presenting evidence - New Law Practitioners.

Mr. Friedman will be moderating the Ethics and Bias panel at noon on Friday, January 21, 2022, along with Judge Michael Marcus (Ret.), Dalisai Nisperos (In-House Employment Counsel at Patagonia Inc.), and Dolores Y. Leal (a partner with Allred, Maroko & Goldberg). For more information about this Conference and to register, go to https://pheedloop.com/NewEmploymentPractitioner22/site/home/.

2021-12-17T12:18:49-08:00December 16th, 2021|Andrew Friedman, Samson Spiegelman, speaking engagements|Comments Off on Speaking Engagements for Helmer Friedman LLP
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Gregory D. Helmer Named Lawdragon Top 500 Plaintiff Employment & Civil Rights Attorneys

LAWDRAGON Names Gregory D. Helmer To Its List Of The Nation’s Top 500 Plaintiff Employment & Civil Rights Attorneys

 

November 16, 2021 – America has tens of thousands of lawyers representing union members, employees, executives. Out of that number, LAWDRAGON, a legal media company publishing online guides to the nation’s leading lawyers, named Gregory D. Helmer of Helmer Friedman LLP to its list of the Nation’s 500 leading plaintiff employment and civil rights attorneys. “I am honored to be included again on LAWDRAGON’s list of the country’s leading plaintiff employment and civil rights lawyers,” Gregory D. Helmer commented upon learning of his inclusion on LAWDRAGON’s list of top employment/civil rights attorneys. To view all of the attorneys on LAWDRAGON’s list, please visit https://www.lawdragon.com/guides/2021-09-22-the-2021-lawdragon-500-leading-plaintiff-employment-civil-rights-lawyers

2021-11-19T16:36:03-08:00November 16th, 2021|employment law|Comments Off on Gregory D. Helmer Named Lawdragon Top 500 Plaintiff Employment & Civil Rights Attorneys
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Mott MacDonald, Daniel Tempelis Sued for Discrimination

Lawsuit Accuses Mott MacDonald Family of Companies and Daniel Tempelis of Age, Disability, Race & National Origin Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, and Other Unlawful Behavior

 

Helmer Friedman LLP Represents Former Mott MacDonald Employee Accusing the Mott MacDonald Family of Companies of Illegal Employment Practices

October 26, 2021 (Los Angeles, California) – Andrew H. Friedman of Helmer Friedman LLP, announced today the filing of a lawsuit against the Mott MacDonald Family of companies – Mott MacDonald Holdings, Inc., Mott MacDonald Group, Inc., and Mott MacDonald, Inc.

California law is clear: it is illegal for employers to fire, demote or otherwise retaliate against an employee because of that employee’s age, race or national origin or because that employee complains about unlawful activity.

The lawsuit, Abbas Sizar v. Mott MacDonald Holdings, Inc., Mott MacDonald Group, Inc., and Mott MacDonald, Inc. (Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 21STCV39343), alleges that the Mott MacDonald defendants, in violation of California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act and Labor Code, discriminated against, harassed, and retaliated against Mr. Sizar, among other claims. More specifically, the lawsuit alleges that the Mott MacDonald defendants fired Mr. Sizar and other non-white and older employees and replaced them with younger less experienced, and less qualified white males.

Speaking about the lawsuit, Mr. Sizar’s attorney, Andrew H. Friedman of Helmer Friedman LLP, stated, “California law is clear: it is illegal for employers to fire, demote or otherwise retaliate against an employee because of that employee’s age, race or national origin or because that employee complains about unlawful activity.”

If you are a witness or have information that would be relevant to the claims of Mr. Sizar or wish to know more about the lawsuit, please contact Andrew H. Friedman (at 310-396-7714 x. 106 or afriedman@helmerfriedman.com).

Helmer Friedman LLP, a Beverly Hills, California-based law firm, is dedicated to assisting people with a wide array of legal problems. The law firm was founded in order to provide its clients (people; not corporations) with the type of world-class legal representation frequently offered by large corporate law firms to large corporations in a more personalized and less formal environment.

Helmer Friedman LLP is a leader in providing clients with legal representation across a wide spectrum of practice areas, including all aspects of employment law, consumer fraud and protection, product liability, false advertising, catastrophic personal injury, and wrongful death, civil rights violations, antitrust, privacy violations, nursing home neglect, and elder abuse, housing violations, defamation, medical malpractice, sexual harassment by doctors and other types of professionals, entertainment and sports representation.

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2024-10-29T10:47:04-08:00October 26th, 2021|Case Update, employment law, Front Page News|Comments Off on Mott MacDonald, Daniel Tempelis Sued for Discrimination
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Andrew H. Friedman Named Lawdragon Top 500 Plaintiff Employment & Civil Rights Attorneys

LAWDRAGON Names Andrew H. Friedman To Its List Of The Nation’s Top 500 Plaintiff Employment & Civil Rights Attorneys

 

October 22, 2021 – America has tens of thousands of lawyers representing union members, employees, executives. Out of that number, LAWDRAGON, a legal media company publishing online guides to the nation’s leading lawyers, named Andrew H. Friedman of Helmer Friedman LLP to its list of the Nation’s 500 leading plaintiff employment and civil rights attorneys. “I am extremely honored to once again be included on LAWDRAGON’s list of the country’s leading plaintiff employment and civil rights lawyers,” Andrew H. Friedman commented upon learning of his inclusion on LAWDRAGON’s list of top employment/civil rights attorneys. To view all of the attorneys on LAWDRAGON’s list, please visit https://www.lawdragon.com/guides/2021-09-22-the-2021-lawdragon-500-leading-plaintiff-employment-civil-rights-lawyers

2021-10-22T14:00:39-08:00October 22nd, 2021|employment law|Comments Off on Andrew H. Friedman Named Lawdragon Top 500 Plaintiff Employment & Civil Rights Attorneys
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