Lieff Cabraser, Equal Justice Society, and Serna & Associates PLLC filed a federal injury lawsuit in the Central District of California on behalf of plaintiff Tamara Bryant alleging that Ms. Bryant’s uterine cancer was directly and proximately caused by her regular and recurrent use of hair relaxer products created by L’Oreal, Soft Sheen-Carson, Dermoviva Skin Essentials, Dabur International, Namaste Laboratories, Strength of Nature, and Godrej Son Holdings.
Category Archives: Litigation
Staff Attorney Alex Santa Ana on Panel at NLADA Annual Conference
Staff Attorney Alex Santa Ana presented on a panel at the annual conference of the National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) held October 26-29 in Arlington, Virginia. The panel was on “Cultivating Impactful Organizational and Community Partnerships in Systemic Education Legal Advocacy.” Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County, Equal Justice Society, Disability RightsContinue reading “Staff Attorney Alex Santa Ana on Panel at NLADA Annual Conference”
Calif. Dept. of Education Ignores Clear Patterns of Discrimination in School Discipline
A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on October 6, 2021, by NLSLA, Equal Justice Society, and pro bono counsel Mayer Brown LLP seeks to force the California Department of Education to increase monitoring of discipline data, expand reporting requirements to account for transfers, and investigate and address discriminatory discipline. Even as publiclyContinue reading “Calif. Dept. of Education Ignores Clear Patterns of Discrimination in School Discipline”