Announcements and Press Releases

2013

6/5/13 - The Daily Journal reported on government and non-profit recruitment of law clerks, focusing on the DFEH’s partnerships with UC Irvine and Davis law schools. Citing to direct experience taking depositions, questioning witnesses, making opening statements and closing arguments, settling and winning cases, Director Phyllis Cheng said, “‘This is the place where civil rights lawyers will cut their teeth.’“
5/13/13 - Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., proclaims Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
5/1/13 - California Lawyer Magazine reports on the DFEH's Law School Admission Council class action litigation.
5/6/13 - Governor Brown appoints five attorneys to the DFEH Fair Employment and Housing Council, a rulemaking body.
4/26/13 - Seyfarth Shaw Class Action Blog reports EEOC Redux: Federal Judge Holds California State Agency Exempt From Rule 23 Requirements.
4/22/13 - The Recorder reports that the DFEH's LSAT Discrimination Suit Gets Green Light. Read U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen's 19-page order, which holds: "When a government agency pursues class wide relief through a civil enforcement action, it is not prosecuting a 'class action' subject to Rule 23." This is the first time the well-settled legal principle applied to federal Title VII prosecutions by the EEOC has been applied to enforcement of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act by the DFEH. See also the 4/23/13 Daily Journal on the same story.
3/28/13 - The Workplace Class Action Blog reports California Promises a Pattern and Practice of FEHA Enforcement Actions.
3/25/13 - Law 360 reports More Class Suits Ahead, Says Calif. Employment Agency Chief.
02/16/13 - San Francisco Chronicle reports discrimination ruling could hurt workers' lawsuits in Harris v. City of Santa Monica.
02/06/13 - State Bar Honors Phyllis Cheng as 2012 Public Lawyer of the Year
02/06/12 - 2012 Ronald M. George Public Lawyer of the Year Award - Remarks of Award Recipient Phyllis Cheng
01/30/13 - Law School Admission Council Loses Bid to Narrow DFEH’s Discrimination Class Action, Daily Journal Reports.

2012

12/17/12 - DFEH announces that renowned civil rights class action lawyer Mari Mayeda, former Saperstein Seligman Mayeda Goldstein partner & Impact Fund chair, has joined the Department as Sr. Staff Counsel.
11/28/12 - Merced Sun Star reports the DFEH and City of Merced settle $425,000 discrimination suit with firefighter.
10/22/12 - National Law Journal publishes article on DFEH v. Law School Admission Council class action, Heat is on for Law School Test.
10/19/12 - DFEH Director Phyllis Cheng interviews with Government Technology Magazine on Google Hangout.
10/19/12 - DFEH v. Law School Admission Council accessibility in testing case becomes national class action. See The Recorder and U.S. DOJ press release.
10/12/12 - DFEH Director Phyllis Cheng Receives 2012 Ronald M. George Public Lawyer of the Year Award
10/02/12 - State and Local Leaders Welcome DFEH to Fremont (Program) (Photos)
10/02/12 - Nationally Renowned Civil Rights Class Action Specialist, Brad Seligman, Trains DFEF Staff
09/24/12 - Law School Test Admin Must Defend ADA Claim - Courthouse News
08/03/12 - Trucking Company Pays $450,000 to Settle Fresno Workplace Discrimination Case
08/03/12 - LexisNexis® Emerging Issues Analysis published Director Phyllis Cheng's article on "Sweeping Changes to FEHA Enforcement to Come in 2013" as a result of SB 1038. See more on www.lexisnexis.com
08/02/12 - The Daily Journal, California's largest legal news provider, published on its front page Director Phyllis Cheng's article, "Transformative year for California's civil rights enforcement."
07/31/12 - The Daily Journal, California's largest legal news provider, published a story on the Department of Fair Employment and Housing's group/class action against the Law School Admission Council for failure to provide accessibiltiy to test takers with disabilities.
06/30/12 - DFEH Legal Victories and Settlements, First & Second Quarters 2012
05/24/12 - California Orders Fresno Business to Pay $45,000 for Sexual Harassment (Read the Decision)
05/04/12 - State Bar to Name Phyllis Cheng 2012 Ronald M. George Public Lawyer of the Year (Read the State Bar's Press Release)
04/06/12 - Fair Housing Month 2012 Kickoff - DFEH Awarded $475,000 HUD Grant to Launch Premier Fair Housing Clinic with Rio Hondo College (Read about the DFEH-National Fair Housing Training Academy Curriculum)
1/30/12 - Senator Corbett Welcomes DFEH Regional Office to Fremont
1/30/12 - Department of Fair Employment and Housing Merges Oakland and San Jose Offices to Preserve Jobs and Cut Costs (See the Bay Area Regional Office Flyer) (See San Francisco Chronicle article)

2011

12/20/11 - STATE SAVES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, TRAINS MORE THAN 7,000 WITH NEW SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION WEBINARS
11/03/11 - CALIFORNIA ORDERS UNITED PARCEL SERVICE TO PAY OVER $96,000 FOR FIRING DISABLED EMPLOYEE (Read the Decision)
10/26/11 - STATE ORDERS AIR CANADA TO PAY FOR REFUSING TO ACCOMMODATE CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENT’S DISABILITY (Read the Decision)
10/7/2011 - STATE CIVIL RIGHTS AGENCY'S PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS TAKE EFFECT TODAY (Read the Regs)
9/27/2011 - STATE LAUNCHES CIVIL RIGHTS CLINIC AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY--BAKERSFIELD
9/12/2011 - DFEH ACHIEVES HISTORIC VICTORY--Electrical Supply Company Ordered to Pay $846,300 for Firing Cancer Survivor (Read the Decision)
8/03/2011 - BATH & BODY WORKS PAYS EMPLOYEE $70,000 TO SETTLE SEXUAL ORIENTATION HARASSMENT CASE
7/11/2011 - STATE ORDERS CAR RENTAL COMPANY TO PAY $89,864 FOR FAILURE TO ACCOMMODATE EMPLOYEE'S DISABILITY
5/27/2011 - STATE LAUNCHES DFEH-UCD CIVIL RIGHTS CLINIC
5/03/2011 - STATE LAUNCHES DFEH-UCI CIVIL RIGHTS CLINIC
3/23/2011 - Law 360 reports Calif.'s Canary in the Employment Mine Shaft.

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