Sexual Harassment Law Blog

This month, Dartmouth College announced it had reached a settlement with nine women who had sued the college the previous fall for sexual misconduct by three former sciences professors. President Phil Hanlon announced the $14 million settlement in an email statement. The plaintiffs, who had...

Going to school shouldn’t be dangerous. We know that in gun violence is so bad in Chicago that cops in certain neighborhoods must set up safe corridors to ensure kids can walk and to and from school without getting shot. In New York City the big danger appears to be students getting sexually...

Recently, The New York Times reported that The University of Michigan has suspended Martin Philbert, a tenured professor of toxicology, who is also executive vice president for academic affairs, or provost. The university has hired an outside law firm to investigate several allegations against...

New California Law Offers One Time “Lookback” for Minors Who Were the Victims of Rape, Incest, Sexual Assault or Abuse
Until January 2020, minors who were victims of sexual assault in California had a very limited window in which to file lawsuits against their abusers. Under the...

In December 2019, The Lantern, a student news outlet of the Ohio State University, reported that William White, a former OSU football player who also played 11 seasons in the NFL, abruptly resigned his position in lieu of termination after an investigation into sexual harassment allegations. Mr....

A junior high school English teacher and coach in Sallisaw, Oklahoma was charged with rape. Twenty nine year old Brandy Lynn Foreman was arrested after Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office deputies determined they had probable cause to charge with having sex with two teenage...

Protecting Our Kids - What Parents Can Do about School Sexual Assaults In this post we discuss the sensitive topic of school sexual assaults… Teachers, aides, janitorial staff, coaches and bus drivers assaulting our kids. First, we will look at a recent case from Colorado and then discuss...

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...

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...

Dr. Gregory A. Ahearn, 74, a tenured biology professor at the University of North Florida was put on leave after a former student/employee accused him of sexual harassment. Shortly afterward, Ahearn announced his retirement. Details on this allegation include Ahearn making sexist comments to a...