Sexual Harassment Law Blog

Workers can sue for both sexual assault and sexual harassment that occurs in the workplace. That’s true in all fifty states. But the state in which you work may be critical in determining how long you have to sue and how much you can collect in damages. This post looks at Texas but these same...

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...

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...

Will I Be Raped in an Uber? Probably not but we don't think they are as safe as they should be. Many of our colleagues feel it is unsafe to ride in an Uber. They constantly wonder if they risk being sexually assaulted in a Lyft or Uber. Guys don’t worry as much as female passengers but the...

San Jose Police Arrest Lyft Driver Who Solicited 13 Year Old We have long complained about the lack of background checks and screening rideshare companies perform. Recent lawsuits against Uber and Lyft suggest that rideshare companies do little to screen drivers or investigate complaints of sexual...

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...

[Multiple post updates] A female junior partner at law firm DLA Piper says she suffered retaliation after reporting she was sexually assaulted by a male partner. The woman claims that after she reported the assaults her work performance was criticized and she lost work opportunities. For purposes...

Sexual Assault Victim Post This wasn’t the kind of headline you were expecting in a sexual harassment blog! We wrote it to get your attention (although the story is true).
We certainly don’t believe violence is a way of fixing serious problems such as sexual assault. When people...

Can I Sue a Bar or Restaurant if I was Raped by an Employee? Rape and sexual violence have no borders. They can occur anywhere. A Houston lawyer has stepped forward and accused a Brennan’s restaurant bartender of spiking her drink and then raping her in her own apartment. The case has...

Almost a year after publicly accusing Harvey Weinstein, actress Paz De La Huerta has filed a civil suit against the former film producer and the Four Seasons Hotel. On Tuesday, November 13th, De La Huerta told California state court of how former film producer Harvey Weinstein raped and stalked...