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Labor/Employment

Jan. 30, 2018

UCLA case hits on hot-button workplace topics

Opening statements are scheduled Tuesday in a case that delves into the touchy areas of constructive termination, treatment of women in the workplace, and the sex discrimination policies of California's public universities.

UCLA case hits on hot-button workplace topics
Barbara A. Fitzgerald, a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, on the left, is representing the University of California in a constructive termination lawsuit filed by plaintiffs' lawyer Carney R. Shegerian on behalf of a clinical researcher.

LOS ANGELES — Opening statements are scheduled Tuesday in a case that delves into the touchy areas of constructive termination, treatment of women in the workplace, and the sex discrimination policies of California’s public universities.

Dr. Lauren Pinter-Brown was director of the UCLA Medical Center lymphoma program for 10 years, before, she has alleged, the school constructively terminated her, creating a workplace environment so b...

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