Month: October 2017

Four Tips to Protect Yourself in the Workplace

Absent a contract of employment, “at-will employment” is the predominant employment relationship in the United States. Under the system, an employer can fire an employee for good reason, bad reason, or no reason at all. However, an employee may not be fired for an illegal reason, such as racial, gender, or other types of discrimination forbidden by law. And an…

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Tenured and Prominent Columbia University History Professor William V. Harris, Accused in Sanford Heisler Sharp Lawsuit of Sexual Harassment, Will Withdraw from Teaching and Advising

Posted October 31st, 2017. NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2017— In the wake of a lawsuit alleging that tenured professor William V. Harris sexually harassed a female graduate student, Columbia University yesterday announced that Harris was withdrawing from teaching and all other student-related activities. Columbia’s announcement came less than a month after filed a Complaint on behalf of 29-year-old Plaintiff Jane…

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Counsel for Tenants in Gateway Plaza Residents Litigation Seek Class Certification

Posted October 20th, 2017. The tenants-rights lawsuit In re Gateway Plaza Residents Litigation (New York County Supreme Court Index No. 651023/2014), alleges that the Gateway Plaza apartment complex has been plagued by structural and design defects for more than a decade. In particular, Gateway’s residents have been forced to endure unbearably cold temperatures during the winter months because of outdated and poorly…

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Despite Years of Successful Growth, Nashville’s Airport President and CEO, Rob Wigington, Terminated After Undergoing Liver Transplant Surgery

Posted October 18th, 2017. Nashville, TN—The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (“MNAA”) Board of Commissioners voted during today’s meeting to terminate President and CEO Rob Wigington. On September 5, 2017, MNAA relieved Wigington of his duties when Wigington attempted to return to work after taking medical leave. In June 2017, Wigington notified the board that he would require medical leave to…

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Private Insurance Whistleblower Law: The California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act

Most, if not all, states have insurance fraud prevention statutes designed to punish those who defraud private insurers. California, however, has enacted a law that takes insurance fraud prevention a step further. The California Insurance Frauds Prevention Act (“IFPA”) contains qui tam provisions that allow individuals or entities, known as relators: i) to blow the whistle on fraud against private…

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Sanford Heisler Sharp Files Title IX Lawsuit Against Columbia University and Noted History Professor, William V. Harris

Posted October 2nd, 2017. Sexual Harassment, Unwanted Sexual Contact, and Retaliation Against Female Doctoral Student Detailed in Complaint For more information, contact Jamie Moss, newsPRos, , [email protected] October 2, 2017, New York City – Sanford Heisler Sharp today filed a sexual harassment suit under federal and New York law against the Trustees of Columbia University and the institution’s noted history professor,…

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