Charging Interest On Unpaid Child Support Is Racist, Reparations Task Force Concludes

The California Reparations Task Force released its final report at the end of June, in which it told the Democratic-controlled state legislature to stop charging interest on overdue child support payments and owes parents who haven’t paid. requested the exemption of interest-bearing debt. The Task Force is a nine-member committee formed in 2020 by Gov. […]

How did law partners’ bigoted, racist emails stay secret?

To the editor: As a former equity partner at Louis Brisboa, Bisgow & Smith, I was appalled to learn that a Los Angeles law firm had been circulating racist emails for over a decade. These emails were written by two of his partners who recently separated from the company. During my tenure at the firm […]

Revenge served ice cold? Top L.A. law firm outs former partners’ racist, sexist emails

Last month, Louis Brisboa, Visgard & Smith, one of the nation’s largest law firms, was stunned by the announcement that two of its top partners would launch their own boutique operations, accompanied by 140 colleagues. rice field. The shock inside Louis Brisebois’ downtown Los Angeles headquarters quickly turned to anger. Recently retired partners have embarked […]

Tucson City Council to discuss racist language in old neighborhood restrictions

Tucson Mayor Regina Romero and Deputy Mayor Steve Kozachik want to start another process to force an edit of the racist provisions in the old bylaws, rules and restrictions governing the Homeowners Association. thinking about. The U.S. Supreme Court outlawed these CC&R racist clauses in the 1940s, but the language remains in some old district […]