If you are an employee in the United States, you probably have given up your constitutional right to access the courts and receive a trial by a jury for claims against your employer, or will soon do so. Many, if not most, large employers impose arbitration agreements (sometimes misleadingly referred to as “policies”) on their employees. When an employee agrees…
Posted September 27th, 2018. represents Anna McNeil, Eliana Singer, and Ry Walker, undergraduate students at Yale University, who are seeking to end the all-male admission practices of Yale’s fraternities and end the hostile environment associated with fraternity culture at Yale. Ms. McNeil, Ms. Singer, and Ms. Walker are members of Engender, an undergraduate student group that promotes equity and inclusion…
Posted September 25th, 2018. (September 25, 2018) – a leading national public interest law firm, today filed a $30 million race and gender discrimination lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against multibillion-dollar commercial real estate behemoth Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. The Complaint was filed on behalf of Cushman & Wakefield’s former President of Valuation…
Dr. Christine Blasey Ford bravely came forward with allegations that Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, tried to rape her in 1982 in Montgomery County Maryland, when Kavanaugh was a 17-year-old student at Georgetown Prep in Bethesda, Maryland. While some have speculated that Kavanaugh could face charges for the 1982 incident, no one has yet analyzed the question under…
PAGE COUNTY, Va., Sept. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Page County, Virginia, represented by Kaufman & Canoles, P.C., and The Cicala Law Firm PLLC today initiated legal action against opioid manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) for their role in creating the public health emergency caused by prescription opioids. Page County filed the lawsuit in state court against more than…
Posted August 29th, 2018. August 29, 2018, Alaska – Attorneys at today announced the certification of an overtime class action brought against Alaska Communications Systems (“ACS”). An Alaska federal judge yesterday certified a class of 67 sales employees who were denied overtime pay by ACS over more than eight years. The sales employees allege that the telecommunications company misclassified them…
Posted August 28th, 2018. Jane Doe Alleges Unwanted, Abusive, and Inappropriate Sexual Behavior by the Dean of StudentsFor more information, contact Jamie Moss, newsPRos,201-493-1027, [email protected] August 28, 2018, New York, NY – Attorneys at today filed a $50 million sexual harassment suit against the trustees of Columbia University in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New…
Universities and employers have a duty to respond to allegations of sexual assault, harassment, and discrimination. Many organizations conduct investigations before responding, and plaintiffs have filed gender discrimination lawsuits based on the investigations themselves. For one example, read coverage of trial about a Columbia University investigation here. Whether an investigation is so faulty or biased that it creates a legal claim…
Posted August 28th, 2018. The Georgetown Synagogue – Kesher Israel Congregation, National Capital Mikvah, Rabbinical Council of America & Beth Din of America Reach Agreement With Victims For more information, contact Jamie Moss, newsPRos, , [email protected] August 28, 2018, New York – Last night, attorneys at Sanford Heisler Sharp filed for preliminary approval of a $14.25 million class-action settlement in Jane…
WASHINGTON, DC, August 27, 2018 — The City of Galax, Virginia and Giles County, Virginia, represented by Kaufman & Canoles, P.C., and The Cicala Law Firm PLLC today initiated legal action against opioid manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) for their role in creating the public health emergency caused by prescription opioids. Galax and Giles County filed the lawsuits in state…