Sexual Harassment Law Blog

The Baltimore Sun recently ran an op-ed called “’We take this very seriously’ and other cliches of the moment.” It’s true, those words have become a cliché.
Every time we file a lawsuit and that lawsuit gets press, the wrongdoers claim they take our...

North Carolina H.S. Student Awarded $10.5 Million in Sexual Assault Case A federal jury ordered the Charlotte Mecklenburg School District and a former band leader to pay millions to a former student who was sexually abused and harassed while attending the West Charlotte High School. The...

Fast food workers suffer lots of indignities. Making things worse, most of them barely make enough money to survive. It’s worse if you are trying to support a family while flipping burgers or in this case, spooning orange chicken glop onto a plate. Just when you think it can’t get any...

Lawsuit Claims Rape Culture at TopGolf USA “Sexual harassment is part of working in a kitchen. Get used to it.” Ciara Williams says that is what she was told when she complained to her supervisor about sexual harassment at her workplace. Williams and three other women claim they were...

Even in these days of mega legal settlements, $1.1 billion is an extraordinary amount of money. That is the total amount the University of Southern California is paying to resolve lawsuits from roughly 700 women alleging gynecologist Dr. George Tyndall sexually abused them at the USC student health...

Custodial work isn’t easy. It can be even more challenging if you are a recent immigrant to the United States. For three such women in Fresno, their journey became a nightmare when they were subjected to sexual harassment at work.
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This is every student’s nightmare. Take a once in a lifetime opportunity to participate in a study abroad program only to be sexually assaulted thousands of miles from home. When that happened to one Rhode Island School of Design student she fought back and won.
Jane Doe* was a student...

Concerts in California may be on hold because of COVID-19 gathering restrictions but health officials believe things will return to normal by late summer. That doesn’t mean the courts are closed, however, and this month a woman sued the promoter of Napa Valley’s BottleRock and the...

Class actions are typically reserved for cases in which everyone has the same or similar injuries. The legal name for this concept is “commonality” and it is required under the federal rules of civil procedure**.
In recent months we have seen several instances of physicians who...

Last year, Governor Andrews Cuomo signed into law legislation that dramatically extends the time period for survivors of childhood sexual assault to sue for damages. The Child Victims Act (CVA) also allows claims against the institutions who may be responsible for the abuse. In this post we will...