Sexual Harassment Law Blog

You would think an industry that’s focused on risk would know how to avoid creating risky problems of its own. But apparently, that’s not so, at least when it comes to sexual harassment.
Today, underwriters and brokers are increasingly aware of issues concerning their clients and...

Since 2016, McDonald’s has faced more than 50 lawsuits regarding sexual harassment in the workplace and/or condoning retaliation against employees reporting such behavior. In May 2019, the number of lawsuits jumped by 50 percent, stated the ACLU & Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund and...

While those in the legal field should prove fully cognizant of possible repercussions due to sexual harassment claims, that doesn’t mean such behavior is less prevalent than in other industries. A recent survey of approximately 7,000 lawyers and those working in the legal field by the...

There is flirting and then there is this apparently unsolicited text message sent by a Door Dash driver to a Philadelphia woman he just finished delivering food to. According to the popular website scarymommy.com, a Philadelphia woman claims she received the following text...

Alki David, 51, the billionaire founder of FilmOn, an internet-based television provider, was ordered by a California jury to pay $8 million in punitive damages in a case involving sexual battery against a former employee. Both of the companies he founded must pay for the damages. His other company...

The Sparrow Health System recently put its CEO, Emory Tibbs Jr. on paid leave after a former employee accused him of sexual assault and solicitation. The incident in question is recorded on video, and it has lead to a $10-million-dollar lawsuit.
Emory Tibbs Jr. was once the CEO of...

Harassment based on gender can take many forms. In hospital settings or in medical school, a wide range of inappropriate behaviors have been observed. Sometimes it is hard to establish what path to take when you perceive you may have been a victim of sexual harassment.
First of all, we need a...

There are few settings so rife with abusive behavior by people in positions of authority as medical residencies. The culture, insiders say, prompts residents to view harassment as a necessary evil for ‘rookies’; if they can endure it, they’ll make it in the competitive environment...

The Nevada Gaming Commission (“NGC”) fined Wynn Resorts a record-breaking $20 million over the company’s failure to investigate sexual harassment and assault allegations against founder Steve Wynn.
Wynn, 77, who resigned from his position as chairman and CEO of the company...

The Perry School District in Perry, OK has agreed to pay $3.5 million to the families of 14 youngsters who were inappropriately touched by an octogenarian teacher’s aide. The incidents occurred at the Perry Elementary School, and the girls involved were in the fifth grade. A total of 16...