Sexual Harassment Law Blog

Fighting fires can be a tough job, but it’s even harder if you also have to worry about getting cat-called or sexually assaulted by your colleagues.
Nathalie Fontanez, a firefighter in Boston, reached a $3.2 million settlement with the department over harassment and retaliation, her...

On December 10, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-0 that military rape cases have no statute of limitations. A prior statute of limitations was five years. According to the ruling, a member of the military accused of rape between 1986 and 2006 can still be charged. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the...

A complaint just filed in Warren County NJ says a teen volunteer was sexually harassed by Raymond “Sonny” Read, Chief of the Franklin Township Fire Department. Chief Read is 40. The teen volunteer, Priya Gupta was 17 at the time of the alleged misconduct.
According to court...

A federal judge ruled on October 22 that a sexual assault case against Air Force General John E. Hyten may proceed. Hyten had claimed he was immune to such civil prosecution as a member of the military. As the nation’s second-highest-ranking military officer, it is believed Hyten is the...

Just under one-quarter of VA employees have experienced sexual harassment while on the job between 2014 and 2016. One-third of all VA employees saw evidence of sexual harassment. On average, 14 percent of federal employees in other agencies reported sexual harassment during that time period....

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is the state’s top law enforcement officer. His job is to “protect the rights, freedoms, and safety” of everyone in the state. As Curtis Hill just found out, however, even he is not above the law. This week the Indiana Supreme Court suspended...

[Post updated May 2020] A big shakeup at the Department of Veterans Affairs has many wondering what is going on. Just five months after being named to his post, Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary James Byrne, 55, has left the agency. His boss, Secretary Robert Wilkie, is under investigation by the...

Three dispatchers for the Lake County Colorado Sheriff’s Office will share an $875,000 settlement in a lawsuit in which they alleged they were sexually harassed by the former sheriff, Rodney Fenske, and undersheriff, Fernando Mendoza. Their lawsuit not only brought down their harassers but...

Guy Roberts, a former assistant defense secretary for nuclear programs, resigned from his position in April. Still, it wasn’t really clear his reason for his leaving until the Pentagon report released in December.
In February, a woman on his staff filed a sexual harassment complaint...

The MeToo movement revealed the pervasiveness of sexual harassment in the entertainment industry. Nearly 30 years ago, lawyer and academic Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment when both worked at the EEOC.
Thomas was confirmed by the Senate and still...