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The San Francisco employment lawyers at Rukin Hyland Doria & Tindall are dedicated to representing employees in connection with their workplace concerns. Our expertise runs the gamut, from individual and class actions lawsuits involving claims for employment discrimination, harassment and unpaid overtime to executive-level contract negotiations and advice work. Our lawyers also advise and represent employers with respect to employment law issues. We also serve as mediators, focusing on the mediation of individual and class action employment matters. We encourage you to explore this website to learn more about our attorneys, practice areas and services.

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Recent Victories

• Federal Court Once Again Denies Tata's Motion to Compel Arbitration in India: On February 14, 2008, District Court Judge Vaughn Walker once again denied a motion by Tata America International Corp. and Tata Consultancy Services, Ltd., to compel arbitration in India concerning a case brought against Tata on behalf of Indian citizens working in the United States for alleged violations of California law and alleged breaches of employment agreements. In its ruling, the Court found, among other things, that the employment agreements between the Plaintiff and Tata did not reflect an intent to arbitrate in India claims such as the ones at issue in this lawsuit.
  
  
• Court Denies Motion to Compel Foreign Arbitration:  District Court Judge Vaughn Walker denied Tata’s motion to compel arbitration in India.  "The Court's order  ensures that [the plaintiff] will have his day in court in the United States before a neutral judge, not in India in front of a private arbitrator of Tata's choosing," explained Steven M. Tindall of Rukin Hyland Doria & Tindall, co-class counsel for the plaintiffs. (Press Release: Federal Court Denies Effort By Tata)
  
  
• Sexual Orientation Harassment: Arbitration award of $269,170 to an employee placed on the air by a radio talk show host without his knowledge and mocked and ridiculed because of his sexual orientation. (Hernandez v. Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation)
  
  
• Disability Discrimination: A federal judge denied the employer’s motion for summary judgment on the employee’s claims for disability discrimination and failure to accommodate her disability while she was receiving cancer treatment. (Valente-Hook v. Eastern Plumas Health Care District)

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