2023

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As 2023 draws to a close, and we prepare to welcome 2024, it is worthwhile to reflect on the past year and plan for the next. Professionally, that may mean planning for a career change, bolstering one’s credentials, changing jobs, or changing roles/positions in one’s current job. Whatever the new year brings, I wish you…

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In Edelman v. NYU Langone Health System et al, 2023 WL 8892482 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 26, 2023), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict on plaintiff’s retaliation claim. Among other points discussed in this comprehensive decision is a key point in retaliation cases. From the decision: The complete absence of evidence…

Read More Court Overturns Retaliation Verdict, Citing Absence of Evidence of Awareness of Gender Discrimination Complaint
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In Hanks v. City of Syracuse, 2023 WL 8889764 (2d Cir. Dec. 26, 2023), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, inter alia, affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s race discrimination and hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The court summarized plaintiff’s allegations as follows:…

Read More 2d Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Black Police Officer’s Race-Based Discrimination & Hostile Work Environment Claims
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In a recent case, Chenn & Bonnick v. MTA-New York City Transit Authority, Case No. 20-CV-2827 (FB) (JAM), 2023 WL 8891411 (E.D.N.Y. Dec. 26, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s failure-to-promote claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in…

Read More Discriminatory Failure-to-Promote Claims Survive Summary Judgment, Court Holds
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In Sherman-Harris-Golson v. Forest Park Municipal Authority, Case No. CIV-21-466-F, 2023 WL 8704736 (W.D.Okla. Dec. 15, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of hostile work environment sexual harassment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As to the issue of whether the alleged…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim, Arising From Sexual Assault, Survives Summary Judgment
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In a recent case, Treadwell v. District of Columbia, Case No. 23-cv-03616 (CRC), 2023 WL 8764349 (D.D.C. Dec. 19, 2023), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff plausibly alleged a claim of age discrimination arising from alleged offensive, age-related comments. From the decision: Though not by much, Treadwell has sufficiently pled that OAG subjected her…

Read More Age-Related Comments Plausibly Support Hostile Work Environment Claim, Court Holds
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In United States v. Gangapersad, 2022 WL 17585850 (E.D.N.Y. Dec. 12, 2022), the court imposed a sentence on a defendant convicted of making false statements to FBI agents concerning a shooting (specifically, whether she indeed witnessed said shooting). Putting aside the court’s articulation and application of the black-letter law, the court added this seasonally-appropriate nugget:…

Read More Judge, Who is Not Santa Claus, Imposes Sentence Upon False-Statement Conviction
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In Belvin v. Electchester Management, LLC, 17-CV-6303 (NGG) (PK), 2020 WL 7262877 (E.D.N.Y. Dec. 10, 2020), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s disability discrimination claim, based on the “adverse action” of denying plaintiff his Christmas bonus. From the decision: Mr. Mayers has adduced sufficient evidence from which a juror…

Read More Disability Discrimination Claim, Arising From Withholding of Christmas Bonus, Survives Summary Judgment
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In Newson v. Vivaldi Real Estate Ltd., No. 452625/2022, 2023 WL 8846564 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Dec. 21, 2023), the court denied defendants’ motion to reargue/for reconsideration of the court’s denial of defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of housing discrimination, based on lawful source of income, under the New York City Human…

Read More Housing Discrimination Owner Defendants Vicariously Liable, in Source-of-Income Discrimination Case, for Acts of Real Estate Agent, Court Holds
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In a recent decision, Lorraine A. Gittens-Bridges v. City of New York, Claudette , Dina Simon, Nadene Pinnock, Audwin Pemberton, Garland Barreto, 2023 WL 8825342 (2d Cir. Dec. 21, 2023), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, inter alia, affirmed the lower court’s grant of summary judgment on plaintiff’s age-based hostile work environment…

Read More Age-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Properly Dismissed, Notwithstanding “Old School” Comment, Second Circuit Concludes
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