Posts in Sexual Harassment

Nov 19 Second Circuit Upholds Plaintiff's Jury Verdict in a Sexual Harassment Case

The Second Circuit, in Legg v. Ulster County , 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 34095 (2d Cir. Oct. 2020), refused to vacate a jury’s verdict ...

Jul 31 New York State Court Issues Groundbreaking Decision Nullifying an Arbitration Agreement in a Sexual Harassment Case

On July 10, 2020, Justice Luis L. Nock issued an order denying a motion to compel arbitration in a sexual harassment case. Behind ...

Mar 16 Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 23 Years in New York

On October 23, 2017, journalist Ronan Farrow published an article in The New Yorker called " From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual ...

Feb 27 The Weinstein Verdict and the Workplace

The Weinstein verdict on Monday, February 24, 2020, was a turning point in the global phenomenon known as #metoo. For starters, ...

Jan 09 SPH Defeats Motion to Dismiss Title IX Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

On January 2, 2020, Schwartz Perry & Heller received a decision from the Eastern District of New York denying a motion to dismiss ...

Jan 08 Fighting Employer Retaliation in the Wake of the #MeToo Movement

When the Weinstein scandal exploded in 2017, actress Alyssa Milano famously encouraged social media users to spread the hashtag ...