"Harassment cases" refer to situations where someone is subjected to repeated and unwanted behavior that causes them distress or harm. It can include actions like physical assault, bullying, intimidation, stalking, or any form of persistent unwanted attention or treatment.
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We have a long track record of aggressively helping clients with the various different types of
sexual harassment cases.
You also do not have any guarantee that you are going to be able to win your workplace
harassment case against your employer.
We have extensive experience handling
workplace harassment cases and we can represent you for the best chance to achieve a successful outcome.
In most
criminal harassment cases, the complainant contacts the police with information about the actions of the accused which triggers an investigation that may lead to charges being laid.
«A cottage industry of tenant - side lawyers could base entire practices
with harassment cases as their staple,» the organization wrote in prepared remarks.
With more sexual
harassment cases coming into the light, a debate is developing on how to stop similar workplace incidents from emerging in the future.
The bill would also lower the standard for a sexual
harassment case so that a single incident is severe enough to sue for damages.
Accordingly, employers shall continuously monitor the working environment and implement internal guidance on how to proceed with the
reported harassment cases.
We uniquely understand the plight of consumers as we have handled hundreds of cases involving foreclosure, debt collection, and
consumer harassment cases.
There are multiple proposals from Democratic and Republican lawmakers that would end taxpayer - funded settlements for
sexual harassment cases.
Cynthia Augello, a partner in the firm's Employment Litigation group, was quoted in the November 22, 2017 edition of Corporate Counsel on the use of nondisclosure agreements in
harassment cases in light of the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
Backlash continued to Fox News chairman Rupert Murdoch's dismissal of sexual
harassment cases at Fox News over the years as «largely political.»
The State of New York paid out at least $ 5 million to settle sexual
harassment cases from 2008 to 2010, with 5 of the 11 cases involving a single agency: The state Department of Corrections and Community Services.
The issue of mandatory arbitration
for harassment cases gained national attention last year when former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson sued network president Roger Ailes over alleged sexual misconduct.
A top advisor to Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino criticized Senate Republicans on Monday for not forcefully denouncing Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's handling of his chamber's sexual
harassment cases over the years.
According to a NY Post report, the president of the NY chapter of the National Organization for Women, Zenaida Mendez, said she believes Sheldon Silver, NYS speaker of the Assembly, should resign over his handling of the Vito Lopez
sex harassment case.
Now comes employment litigation, as Lex Machina today announces an employment litigation module that analyzes data from some 71,000 discrimination, retaliation and
harassment cases filed in federal court since 2009.
The «more likely explanation» for why the Seattle paper did what it did, says the New York paper, is that «the withering spotlight» on women in sexual
harassment cases makes them reluctant to give testimony.
Cuomo's chief counsel issued a statement Sunday saying their office had asked the Governor's Office of Employee Relations to «investigate» the treatment of a female attorney who was terminated by the Division of Criminal Justice Services after testifying as a witness in a sexual
harassment case last year.
ALBANY — The secret settlement in Assemblyman Vito Lopez's sexual
harassment case stuck taxpayers with an extra bill of nearly $ 2,400 for mediation services, documents made public Monday revealed.
In Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District and Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, the Court ruled that schools were not liable for damages in sexual
harassment cases unless they displayed «deliberate indifference.»
High - profile discrimination and
harassment cases like those of Ellen Pao, a former junior partner with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Whitney Wolfe, a co-founder of Tinder, have made headlines but little change in the culture.
Another law will allow Housing Court judges to award damages to tenants who
win harassment cases against their landlord.
Another bill would crack down on sexual harassment in the public sector by outlining the rights of employees and interns facing harassment, would make supervisors accountable for bad conduct they were aware of but allowed to continue, and require legislative investigations
into harassment cases, which currently can stretch out for a year, to be concluded within two months.
Common features to most criminal
harassment cases include evidence that the accused person repeatedly followed or communicated with the victim; watched or loitered near places where the victim lives, works or goes to school; or engaged in threatening conduct or behaviour.
The contours of the Assembly include the not - to - be-ignored Democratic women's caucus, a bloc that so far has stood behind the speaker in the wake of the Lopez and
Kellner harassment cases.
The judge, Jennifer G. Schecter, cited the Paula
Jones harassment case that led to Bill Clinton's impeachment and said, «It is settled that the president of the United States has no immunity and is «subject to the laws» for purely private acts.»
Mar 16,2016... A 20 - year -
old harassment case at Tennessee involving Peyton Manning has generated headlines, but man...
And the governor wants to void forced arbitration policies or clauses in employee contracts that
prevent harassment cases from being considered in law enforcement probes and court trials.
Democratic state Sen. Liz Krueger spoke to WXXI's Karen DeWitt about sexual
harassment cases now rocking the country, including the case of state Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin, sanctioned this week for sexual harassment.
Silvera has another pending
aggravated harassment case in Brooklyn for sending an alarming rape fantasy email July 26 to NYPD cop Lauren Maragni, to court papers show.
This month, a bipartisan group of senators, including Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, and Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, proposed legislation that would make forced arbitration in
harassment cases unenforceable under federal law.
The allegations against Stallone come after disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein was accused by a number of women of sexual
harassment cases spanning a 30 - year period, and actor Kevin Spacey has faced claims of sexual misconduct from several males, including Richard Dreyfuss» son Harry and «Star Trek: Discovery's Anthony Rapp.
In what may be the first boy - on - boy sexual -
harassment case brought to the attention of authorities, the O.C.R.'s Chicago regional office originally decided that a Rice, Minn., boy's mistreatment by his male grade school peers did not constitute sexual harassment.
Fred Schrumpf, the district's restorative practices director, said often in
harassment cases students say things impulsively or out of ignorance.
The power dynamic of a lawyer - client relationship is distinguishable from classic sexual
harassment cases between employer / employee because it is the lawyer who works for the client.
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