2020 May

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Sexual-harassment litigation in the post-#MeToo era

Understanding the recent changes in sexual-harassment law and seizing the opportunities created by them

Ramit Mizrahi

From Issue: 2020 May

Public speaking and the art of persuasion

Would you rather fight a mountain lion than speak to a large group of people (or a jury)?

Dustin Collier
Joshua Socks

From Issue: 2020 May

The anti-SLAPP statute in 2020

Only the strong or the very well prepared survive, no matter what the cases say

John Steven West

From Issue: 2020 May

Preventing employers from running roughshod over privacy rights

Responding to overreaching discovery

Iris Weinmann

From Issue: 2020 May

Law in the time of coronavirus

Statute of limitations extended, less restrictions on remote depositions, more time to bring cases to trial

Micha Star Liberty

From Issue: 2020 May

Connection

While COVID-19 has caused CAALA to change, one thing will not change

Stuart Zanville

From Issue: 2020 May

The best and worst employment case law developments of 2019

A brief overview of the most important case law developments that shaped the year in employment law (with a bit of color commentary)

Andrew H. Friedman

From Issue: 2020 May

COVID-19/coronavirus

Employment rights, protections, and benefits in California

Martin I. Aarons

From Issue: 2020 May

Seeing employees through a different light

When defense counsel denigrates “employees looking to get a free ride,” it may be proper to remind the jury of today’s real heroes

Scott Tillett
Norman Pine

From Issue: 2020 May

Now more than ever, OCTLA will “Take No Challenge Alone”

Through this difficult time, we continue to help and support each other

Jonathan Dwork

From Issue: 2020 May

Finding the silver lining

We see some silver linings in the examples of true human spirit during the time of coronavirus

Jeffrey A. Rudman

From Issue: 2020 May

Combatting the Harvey Weinstein defense

The top five defense attacks in sexual-harassment and sexual-abuse cases and ways to address them

Shannon H.P. Ward

From Issue: 2020 May