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L
ast year, several media outlets reported about a lawsuit that a clothing designer who worked for Lizzo and her touring company had asserted against them and another individual. That lawsuit included several claims under state law for discrimination, retaliation, and assault, among others.
O
n paper, it didn’t sound good for the defendan
ts. Lesson No. 1 – Claims are just that: c
laims. Earlier this year, the defendants filed something called a demurrer or, in plain English, they argued that even if the factual allegations pled in the plaintiff’s complaint were true, they did not amount to a violation of California law.