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Month: May 2019
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Posted By V. James DeSimone Law 23-May-2019
U.S. Department of Labor Asserts Certain Wage Theft Scenarios Constitute Modern Day Slavery
San Francisco Based Employee Rights Attorney Battles For Fair Pay In 1863, when Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, slavery was made illegal. And while most Americans denounce our country’s dark history, there are still thousands of people in the U.S. working without pay or below minimum wage. When this occurs, it can be considered […]
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Posted By V. James DeSimone Law 16-May-2019
The United States Constitution Protects All Persons On American Soil Los Angeles, California Civil Rights Attorney Battles For Immigrants’ Rights
It comes as a surprise to most people who live in America that the United States Constitution provides the same protections to all persons on our country’s soil, not just its citizens. Although there are some rights only citizens have, such as voting in presidential elections, most other rights provided by the Constitution are for […]
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Posted By V. James DeSimone Law 9-May-2019
Los Angeles Civil Rights Attorney—Representing Individuals Falsely Arrested
An Ardent Supporter Of Individuals’ Constitutional Rights, Attorney V. James DeSimone Builds Strong Cases Against Police Misconduct False arrests and imprisonment by police–“police misconduct”—are nothing new. And such incidents are not as unusual as the public would prefer to believe, evidenced by the rash of reported false arrests and imprisonment by police in recent […]
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Posted By V. James DeSimone Law 2-May-2019
City of Westminster Sued by Employee Citing Anti-Semitic and Anti-Latino Treatment
Westminster, CA – April 25, 2019 – A City of Westminster employee filed a lawsuit in OC Superior Court alleging he was the victim of repeated anti-Semitic and anti-Latino slurs and mistreatment, and that the City ignored his repeated complaints forcing him to endure years of racist behavior and retaliation by his coworkers and supervisors. […]