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Sunday, May. 4, 2025
In December of 2024 LCP successfully settled the case of Loesch v. City of Sacramento in which it represented former City of Sacramento Fire Chief Gary Loesch in his case against the City of Sacramento. Loesch filed suit in October of 2022 alleging violations of the California Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act. LCP obtained a ... read more
Sunday, May. 4, 2025
Lesley Beth Curtis signed on to a brief, along with 776 other Solo and Small Firm Lawyers, as Amici Curiae to support Susman Godfrey in its challenge to the recent Executive Orders targeting law firms. We believe it is important to stand for the rule of law, and to stand together in this fight. We won't be silenced and we won't be shaken down.
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Tuesday, Apr. 1, 2025
The Lassen Community College District agreed to pay a former employee over $270,000 to settle claims of age and disability discrimination under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and retaliation for taking medical leave in violation of the California Family Rights Act (CFRA). This settlement is in addition to a judgment against the college ... read more
Friday, Jun. 28, 2024
The Third District Court of Appeal sided with our client in a decision issued this morning in George v. Susanville Elementary School District (2024) 103 Cal.App.5th 349. The court held that when a school district grants salary step credit to new teachers for prior teaching experience, it must provide the same credit on an equal basis to veteran ... read more
Friday, Aug. 5, 2022
Can a public official block someone from an official social media account for posting critical comments? As public officials increasingly use social media as their primary form for communication, we are increasingly asked this question. Our answer: no. A decision last week by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reaffirms our advice.
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Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021
Effective January 1, 2022, permanent classified employees, as well as classified employees about to attain permanent status, have the right to challenge a threatened layoff through a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge, and can only be laid off if there is cause. This places permanent classified employees on an equal footing with ... read more
Monday, Oct. 11, 2021
California requires medical school graduates to complete one year of a physician residency program to obtain a medical license. In 1986, the California Supreme Court held that physician interns and residents employed in residency programs at state university hospitals are employees within the meaning of the Higher Education Employer-Employee ... read more
Friday, May. 7, 2021
In the case of Sacramento City Teachers Association v. Sacramento City Unified School District Board of Trustees, (2021), litigated by Lesley Beth Curtis on behalf of SCTA, the Sacramento Superior Court denied the issuance of a Writ of Mandate but found a Brown Act violation when it ruled that, "the District violated Section 54957 when it ... read more
Thursday, May. 6, 2021
In July of 2020 LCP obtained a Judgment in Superior Court granting a Petition for Writ of Mandate in part against CalPERS. In the case of Fernandez v. California Public Employees' Retirement System, the Court found that that CalPERS had abused its discretion when it applied an unwritten rule to reduce the payrate of a former Superintendent to ... read more
Wednesday, Jul. 29, 2020
Langenkamp, Curtis & Price successfully obtained a Superior Court Judgment and Writ in July, 2020 against the Sacramento City Unified School District on behalf of the Sacramento City Teachers Association. The Judgment and Writ orders the District to reinstate 4 Child Development Teachers whom the District laid off out of seniority order in ... read more