Jean Hyams and Sharon Vinick, the founding partners of Vinick Hyams Trial Partners, were both named to the prestigious 2023 Top 100 Super Lawyers list for Northern California and the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers for Northern California. To arrive at its “top” lists, Super Lawyers conducts a multi-phase peer nomination process in which attorneys […]
Layoffs are inevitable. Companies fail. Business needs change. Layoffs have swept technology and other sectors in recent years, including huge layoffs at Google, Meta, Twitter and IBM. The list goes on. However, that doesn’t mean an employer can simply lay off whomever it chooses. Put simply, a company can’t target employees in protected classifications and
Vinick Hyams LLP founding partner Jean Hyams and noted jury consultant Sonia Chopra discuss the challenges of dealing with jury bias in an an on-demand legal education training through Continuing Education of the Bar. The CEB webinar, “Dealing with Juror Implicit Bias,” covers best approaches to voir dire, implicit association tests, attorney biases/stereotyping in jury
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Vinick Hyams LLP and co-counsel Law Office of Wendy Musell represent Special Agent in Charge R. Capello, one of the two highest-ranking women within California Department of Justice’s Bureau of Investigation, in her lawsuit against the DOJ. The lawsuit alleges a persistent pattern of gender discrimination and retaliation. Capello, who has worked for the agency
Each week, our office receives dozens of calls from prospective clients. And, virtually every week, at least one of these callers, after explaining that they were terminated without warning, asks: “doesn’t my employer have to pay me some severance?”
Vinick Hyams LLP and co-counsel Burrell Kagin Law are pursuing a lawsuit on behalf of three women employed as custodians at Berkeley High School. This Berkeleyside article discusses the lawsuit against the district for failing to prevent on-going sexual harassment and gender discrimination. As the article notes, this is the second lawsuit alleging inappropriate and
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The Register covered how employers use employment contracts to claim the intellectual property of their employees, sometimes even for projects the employee creates on their own time. The Register, a global online technology news publication, wrote about a recent effort by Amazon Game Studios to force employees to grant them the right to all intellectual
You’ve spent years working in a particular industry. You’ve gained lots of experience in your field. You’ve been working for your current employer for a few years, and have decided that it is time to get a new job. (Maybe you want a new job because you don’t like your boss, or you think you
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In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, Tanzina Vega from the public radio show “The Takeaway” interviewed Sharon Vinick about how employers can be held liable for harassment that occurs while employees are working remotely. In the segment– which you can vist through this link — Sharon discussed the risks of the virtual office
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The New York Times published an article discussing a lawsuit filed by executive Emily Kramer against her former employer, the financial technology company Carta. In her lawsuit, Kramer alleges claims for gender discrimination, denial of equal pay, retaliation, and wrongful termination. As the article notes, Ms. Kramer claims that she was paid less than her
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