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New Rules for Harassment Claims in New York City
Attorney Jonathan L. Sulds reviews two decisions that alter the landscape for New York City workplace harassment law. One addresses the federal standard for determining whether there exists actionable harassment because of a hostile work environment. In the second, a federal district court ruled that employers accused of sexual harassment are not entitled to an affirmative defense under which there is no employer liability where the plaintiff unreasonably fails to utilize an existing internal process.
New Rules for Harassment Claims in New York City
Jonathan L. Sulds, a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, reviews two recent decisions that alter the landscape for New York City workplace harassment law: in one, an Appellate Division panel held that the long-standing federal standard for determining whether there exists actionable harassment because of a hostile work environment, namely that incidents are "severe and pervasive," does not apply to claims brought under the City Human Rights Law, in the second, a federal district court ruled that New York City employers accused of sexual harassment are not entitled to an affirmative defense under which there is no employer liability where the the plaintiff unreasonably fails to utilize an existing internal complaint investigation and resolution process.
Sexual Harassment Laws Moving Beyond Their Original Purpose
Sexual harassment laws designed to ban disparate treatment of men and women have turned into bans on many forms of indecent behavior in the workplace, even when gender discrimination does not necessarily result. For example, the California Supreme Court in Miller v. Department of Corrections recognized a harassment claim where two women asserted their boss created a sexually hostile environment by showing favoritism to his lovers. Attorneys David Kadue and Thomas Kaufman examine this legal shift.
Big Firms Begin Hiring for Upturn
In the late 1990s, shrewd law firm managers deepened their litigation, bankruptcy and white-collar crime practices in hopes of capturing business practices will ripen next. And whether they're betting on a transactional comeback, European regulatory work or evergreens with potential, such as health care, they all agree on the necessity of preparing for cyclical shifts.
Equity for Women on Wall Street: Does Litigation Help?
Wendi S. Lazar and Jennifer L. Liu of Outten & Golden write: Since Title VII was enacted in 1964, women have been struggling to find pay and promotion equity across every industry in the United States. In no other industry is this struggle more palpable and obvious than in high finance. Over the decades, relatively few women have taken on the tremendous professional risk entailed by suing a Wall Street firm for gender discrimination. Those lawsuits that women have filed, however, show how this struggle has evolved.Big Firms Beginning to Hire for Economic Upturn
In the late 1990s, shrewd law firm managers deepened their litigation, bankruptcy and white collar crime practices in hopes of capturing business during an anticipated economic downturn. Now, many of D.C.'s biggest firms are preparing for a transactional comeback, hanging on to corporate lawyers despite low billables and even starting to hunt for laterals. Others are honing in on European regulatory work or arbitration. What they all agree on, though, is the necessity of preparing for cyclical shifts.The Am Law 100, the Early Numbers: Winston Hits New Heights in Revenue, Profits
'Faragher' and 'Ellerth': Revisited 12 Years Later
Paul Millus, of counsel to Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, writes that in 1998 the Supreme Court decided two cases on the same day that changed employment discrimination law and spurred a cottage industry: the redrafting of every employer's handbook then existing.TRENDING STORIES
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