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Thursday, November 21, 2024

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Gay ex-Beatport engineer claims sex discrimination led to his firing, not 'cultural differences' with Bosnian supervisor

By Mary Haydock |
The lawsuit accuses DJ music source Beatport of doing nothing to stop boss from firing an openly gay engineer, allegedly out of disdain for his sexual orientation. The company claimed he was fired over allegedly unspecified performance issues

Lawsuit: Uber not doing enough to screen drivers to prevent sexual assaults on women

By Mary Haydock |
The lawsuit is similar to a number of others suing rideshare operator Uber over similar claims

Premise Data says anonymous reviewers continue to defame company on Glassdoor

By Mary Haydock |
Market data analytics firm Premise Data says Glassdoor isn't doing enough to stop anonymous reviewers from allegedly falsely accusing the company of misconduct, damaging the company's reputation

SFSU didn't do enough to remedy alleged racist behavior by a supervisor in its Advising Resource Center: Lawsuit

By Mary Haydock |
A Black male office manager says his white female supervisor at San Francisco State University repeatedly subjected him and others to a pattern of racist and unprofessional conduct, including having a portrait of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in her office, a new lawsuit says

Class action: Rugs.com allegedly has misled consumers into thinking their items are steeply discounted, when they may not be

By Mary Haydock |
The class action lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court accuses online floor covering retailer Rugs.com of false advertising

Class action accuses Tubi, Fox of paying female workers less than male counterparts

By Mary Haydock |
The lawsuit asserts the work environment at the Fox-owned streaming service Tubi discriminates against women, with female employees allegedly earning 28-60% less than their male counterparts

Gaming developer Super Free Games accused of multiple alleged sexual discrimination violations towards female employees

By Mary Haydock |
New lawsuit from former female senior level manager at Super Free Games claims she was wrongly fired for allegedly challenging a "boys club" culture at the word and trivia game development company

Former Juul Labs legal exec says pregnancy, childbirth led to alleged illegal demotion, ultimate firing

By Mary Haydock |
Juul Labs is accused in a new lawsuit of discrimination against a former legal executive, allegedly in violation of California law

Shawn 'Sunshine' Strickland says Chase Center security wrongly booted trans activist from Chappelle show

By Mary Haydock |
LGBTQ activist Shawn 'Sunshine' Strickland says event security trumped up an excuse of an unlocked cellphone, in violation of event policies, to thwart a perceived attempt by the flamboyant activist to protest during the show by comedian Dave Chappelle

Ex-Intuit content designer says Intuit illegally fired him for political comments on his private Instagram

By Mary Haydock |
The lawsuit says Intuit broke California labor laws when it fired the man for comments he made criticizing the phenomenon of drag queens performing for children on his private Instagram page

Class action: Bay Clubs' women-only workout areas illegally discriminate vs men, transgender

By Mary Haydock |
The lawsuit accuses the fitness center chain of violating federal and state non-discrimination laws by restricting access to the workout areas through the women's locker rooms, saying women don't need separate spaces to be safe

Clark Hill law firm sued over alleged legal malpractice for allegedly mishandling case vs home builders over defects

By Mary Haydock |
The lawsuit asserts attorneys from the former firm of Morris Polich and Purdy, which later merged with Clark Hill, allegedly made mistakes in managing the case calendar, leading to ultimate dismissal of their clients' lawsuit against a homebuilder and other contractors, allegedly costing millions of dollars

Founding partner of LegalMatch says she was wrongfully fired for trying to uncover alleged improper $3M transfer

By Mary Haydock |
Anna Ostrovsky says money was allegedly improperly transferred to cryptocurrency accounts allegedly to erase losses suffered by another business venture in the Philippines. She said she allegedly brought the evidence to LegalMatch's board, but was fired instead, allegedly in retaliation

Lawsuit takes aim at TJ Maxx, maker of Vanderbilt bath mats under Prop 65

By Mary Haydock |
The lawsuit asserts the companies haven't placed proper labels on the bathmats to warn consumers that the bathmats may contain a compound known as DEHP, which the state says can cause cancer and harm to the human reproductive systems.

New class action accuses Twitter of improperly sharing user account info with advertisers

By Mary Haydock |
The lawsuit asserts Twitter allegedly persuaded users to share phone numbers and email addresses with Twitter to aid in account security. Instead, the complaint claims Twitter allowed advertisers to use that information to tailor ads to target users and boost profits

SF City Attorney sues makers of workplace workers' rights posters, says companies misleading biz owners

By Mary Haydock |
The lawsuit accuses two companies of "bait-and-switch" tactics, and impersonating government agencies to persuade business owners to purchase their allegedly legally required posters to hang in their workplaces

Class action claims Airbnb wrongly stashes customer deposits in interest-bearing escrow accounts

By Mary Haydock |
The lawsuit asserts Airbnb's actions have violated California law

Female ex-San Jose firefighter says city turned blind eye to six years of alleged sexual, racial harassment by coworkers

By Mary Haydock |
The lawsuit says the firefighter was constructively discharged from the San Jose Fire Department in 2021, but she did not report the true extent of her alleged mistreatment out of fear of retaliation by her superiors within the department

Dismissed SF police union lobbyist firm says the SFPOA wrongly fired them, owe them money

By Mary Haydock |
Lucien Global says the San Francisco Police Officers Association fired them 6 months into a one-year deal, with the union citing "deteriorating conditions" for its member officers

Scuba and Snorkeling Center hit with Prop 65 lawsuits over dry boxes allegedly containing BPA

By Mary Haydock |
Such lawsuits targeting an array of businesses under California's controversial Prop 65 continue to generate many millions of dollars in fees for trial lawyers