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title: 2015 June
url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-june
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# [2015 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-june "2015 June")

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Articles in this issue:

## [The best, worst and most useful employment cases of 2014](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-june/the-best-worst-and-most-useful-employment-cases-of-2014 "The best, worst and most useful employment cases of 2014")

The bounty of good decisions was both surprising and heartening

[Andrew H. Friedman](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/andrew-h-friedman "Andrew H. Friedman")
[Courtney Abrams](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/courtney-abrams "Courtney Abrams")

## [Why employment-discrimination cases usually belong in state court](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-june/why-employment-discrimination-cases-usually-belong-in-state-court "Why employment-discrimination cases usually belong in state court")

Keeping your case from being removed to federal court, and a look at when you might actually want it there

[Christa L. Riggins](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/christa-l-riggins "Christa L. Riggins")
[Sarah B. Schlehr](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/sarah-b-schlehr "Sarah B. Schlehr")

## [Wrongful termination in violation of public policy](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-june/wrongful-termination-in-violation-of-public-policy "Wrongful termination in violation of public policy")

An outline of California’s employment at-will statute and the many exceptions to it

[Gail Glick](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/gail-glick "Gail Glick")

## [Anti-SLAPP: Caveat actor, writer and broadcast personality](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-june/anti-slapp-caveat-actor-writer-and-broadcast-personality "Anti-SLAPP: Caveat actor, writer and broadcast personality")

Recent, ever broader interpretations of the statute may be burdensome to certain employment claims

[John Steven West](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/john-steven-west "John Steven West")

## [Making and responding to CCP 998 offers in employment matters](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-june/making-and-responding-to-ccp-998-offers-in-employment-matters "Making and responding to CCP 998 offers in employment matters")

Dealing with multiple parties, and determining whether the judgment at trial was more favorable than the 998 offer

[Iris Weinmann](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/iris-weinmann "Iris Weinmann")

## [Workplace investigations in FEHA cases – making them work for you](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-june/workplace-investigations-in-feha-cases-making-them-work-for-you "Workplace investigations in FEHA cases – making them work for you")

Evidence of an inadequate or biased investigation might be used to show malice or animus on the part of the employer

[Ramit Mizrahi](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ramit-mizrahi "Ramit Mizrahi")

## [Arbitration enforcement update: 2014 through early 2015](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2015-june/arbitration-enforcement-update-2014-through-early-2015 "Arbitration enforcement update: 2014 through early 2015")

Navigating the ever-changing landscape – and land mines – of employment and consumer arbitration enforcement actions

[Scott Tillett](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/scott-tillett "Scott Tillett")