How SB 1137 Lets You Combine Protected Traits in a FEHA Claim

Combining Overlapping Protected Traits in California Workplace Claims Key Takeaways: SB 1137 lets California workers combine two or more protected traits into a single FEHA claim, addressing the problem where forcing workers into one protected class obscured the full harm of overlapping bias. It expressly recognizes intersectionality across FEHA, the Unruh Civil Rights Act, and […]

Is Social Media Addiction the Public Health Crisis of This Generation?

By Camron Dowlatshahi, MSD Lawyers For years, concerns about social media were largely framed as a matter of personal responsibility: Parents could limit screen time, teenagers could put down their phones, and users could simply log off. That framing is changing as research, litigation and government action increasingly examine whether platform design itself can contribute […]