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Chief Orchards Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge

Supervisors Repeatedly Ignored Farmworker’s Reports of Sexual Harassment, Federal Agency Charges - SEATTLE —Chief Orchards, a tree fruit business based in Yakima, Washington, violated federal law by allowing a Latina...more

Burr & Forman

South Carolina Employment Law Letter: 4th Circuit delivers blow to Title VII punitive damages

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In a recent case involving multiple issues—Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, constructive discharge, and state law claims among them— the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers South Carolina employers)...more

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Fourth Circuit Reverses Findings Of Vicarious Punitive Liability Under Title VII And North Carolina Law

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Making important law on the question of vicarious liability for punitive damages, the Fourth Circuit recently reversed awards of punitive damages under Title VII and North Carolina law in Ward v. AutoZoners....more

International Lawyers Network

Sexual Harassment In The Workplace: What US: Massachusetts Companies Need To Know

In 2017, following public allegations against notable figures such as Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, the #MeToo movement took on national prominence. A movement of empowerment, #MeToo aims to strengthen sexual...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

California Jury Awards $15.4 Million to Former Jack in the Box Employee

In a decision unsurprising to anyone familiar with what California juries have been up to lately, fast-food titan Jack in the Box was ordered to pay $15.4 million (including a staggering $10 million in punitive damages) last...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

A California Jury Strikes Again – Hands Out $11 Million Verdict

A Los Angeles jury awarded more than $11 million to two former employees who claimed they were sexually harassed and retaliated against for complaining about the harassment. Megan Meadowcroft and Amber Brown, who worked at...more

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Mental Distress for Airline Lawyers - The Sixth Circuit's Decision in Doe v. Etihad

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In Doe v. Etihad Airways, P.J.S.C., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit radically altered the scope of an air carrier’s liability under the Montreal Convention, the international treaty controlling an air...more

Cozen O'Connor

II-31- The Changing 9 to 5 From 1980 to Today

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This episode flashes back to 1980's 9 to 5 workplace, and then goes back to the future to compare today's workplace of emoji harassment, a new game-changing overtime exemption rule, the 1st ever employer antitrust complaint...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Employee's Emotional Distress Claim Not Pre-empted but Not Actionable Emotional Distress Either

The United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit recently addressed whether common law tort claims arising during the employment relationship are pre-empted by the Illinois Human Rights Act simply because they share...more

Morgan Lewis

MA Supreme Court Reinforces Employer Obligations on Sexual Harassment

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The court’s decision to restore a $500,000 punitive damages award for failure to adequately address a sexual harassment complaint highlights employers’ duty to investigate every allegation and take appropriate remedial...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Stalking: From Adele to Andrews

Under the Protection from Abuse Act, abuse is defined as... The occurrence of … the following [act] between family or household members, sexual or intimate partners or persons who share biological parenthood: knowingly...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

6 Ways for Car Dealers to Avoid a $540,000 Sexual Harassment Jury Verdict

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Many dealers took notice of the recent sexual harassment jury verdict against a Massachusetts Lexus dealer, in which a jury awarded $500,000 in punitive damages against the dealership although it awarded only $40,000 in...more

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