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HOUSTON, July 17, 2023 (GlobeNewswire) - Jury selection begins today in U.S. District Court for...
HOUSTON, July 17, 2023 (GlobeNewswire) - Jury selection begins today in U.S. District Court for...
Sanford Heisler Sharp and Public Justice Prevail on Motion to Dismiss and Motion for Summary...
On Thursday, September 29, the Speak Out Act passed in the Senate with bipartisan support. If it passes in the House and is signed into law by President Biden, it will be another important step toward holding perpetrators of workplace misconduct accountable. Following the passage of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Harassment Act of 2021 (the Ending…
Attorneys at along with many other commentators (and, unfortunately, a number of forceful judicial dissents), have written extensively about how arbitration has been distorted and manipulated to deprive employees and other individuals of their legal rights and remedies and prevent them from holding companies fully accountable for unlawful conduct. Now, after years of stalled efforts in Congress, H.R. 4445 represents…
Complaint Details Long History of Abuse in the Famed Anthropology Department Media Contact: Jamie Moss, newsPRos, 201-493-1027; [email protected] (Cambridge, MA, Feb. 8, 2022) today filed a Complaint in Massachusetts federal court against Harvard University and the President and Fellows of Harvard College (“Harvard” or the “University”). The Complaint alleges that Harvard willfully ignored nearly a decade of sexual harassment and…
The Federal Fair Housing Act, along with many state and local laws, prohibits gender discrimination in housing, including sexual harassment. It is illegal for landlords, property managers, real estate agents, and maintenance staff to demand sexual favors in exchange for access to housing or repairs. They also cannot create a hostile environment for tenants based on their sex, for example,…
The #MeToo Movement continues to call attention to victims of sexual violence and discrimination. A chorus of survivors’ voices grows. More and more survivors are filing sex discrimination lawsuits to vindicate their rights in court and hold accountable both the perpetrators who harmed them and the institutions that failed to protect them. Often it is an educational institution that betrays…
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure generally require that a publicly filed lawsuit name all the parties involved. However, under certain circumstances, plaintiffs can avoid disclosing their name by filing a lawsuit using a pseudonym (such as “Jane Doe” or “John Doe”). Although the use of a pseudonym commonly arises in sexual harassment cases, some courts are reluctant to allow…
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. 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…