When a family member dies as a result of another party’s wrongdoing, California’s wrongful death law allows surviving relatives or beneficiaries to seek compensation for their losses within two years of a fatal accident. Wrongful death claims are civil lawsuits filed...

Nike is being sued by four women for violating equal pay laws and maintaining a work environment "that allowed sexual harassment," CBS News reports. Why it matters: Nike has been bogged down with complaints about workplace behavior. Per CBS, 11 executives have left...

The latest #MeToo exposé, involving CBS head Leslie Moonves, has drawn new attention to the use of nondisclosure agreements in sexual-harassment cases. Mr. Moonves denies the allegations detailed in a New Yorker story, but several former employees of CBS News allege...

Omarosa Manigault Newman's former White House colleagues are looking into legal options to stop her from releasing more tapes and to punish her for secretly recording her conversation with Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly, White House officials tell ABC News. To read...

The #MeToo movement has touched almost every industry in the past year, and state legislatures have been under growing pressure to curb sexual assault and harassment in private workplaces and within their own chambers. But has the reckoning had an impact on the law?...

On July 9, 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 2770.  This bill extends privileged communication status to certain communications by employees and employers regarding alleged sexual harassment and continues California’s efforts to address claims...