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In Davis v. Cape May Prosecutor’s Office, Civ. No. 1:22-cv-00783-NLH-EAP, 2023 WL 1883327 (D.N.J. Feb. 10, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ sex-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In stating the “black letter” law applicable to such claims, the court…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Sufficiently Alleged; Allegations Included Lewd Jokes, Criticism, Use of the Word “Bitches,” Etc.
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In Romano v. A360 Media, LLC, No. 1:20-cv-08988-LTS-OTW, 2023 WL 348459 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 20, 2023), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint alleging a sex-based hostile work environment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City Human…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed, Notwithstanding Alleged “Unwanted Personal Questions”
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In a recent case, Pitter-Green v. NYU Langone Medical Center, No. 155386/2021, 2022 WL 17751149, 2022 N.Y. Slip Op. 34276(U) (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Dec. 16, 2022), the court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s race-based discriminatory discharge claims. It did, however, reject defendant’s attempt to invoke the so-called “same-actor inference”…

Read More “Same Actor Inference” Held Inapplicable, Yet Race Discrimination Claims Dismissed Against NYU Langone
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In Shaw v. University of Maryland, 2023 WL 1767455 (D.Md. Feb. 3, 2023), the court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim. This case illustrates the level of factual specificity courts require when assessing such a claim based on a plaintiff’s allegations in their complaint. From the decision: Here, the Defendants…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim, Based on Unasserted Contention, Dismissed
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In Aponte v. Clinton Street Pizza Inc., 2023 WL 1795189 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 7, 2023), the court, inter alia, granted plaintiffs’ application for a default judgment on their claims of hostile work environment sexual harassment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the New York City Human Rights Law. As to…

Read More Court Awards Plaintiffs Default Judgment on Claims of Sexual Harassment Against Clinton Street Pizza
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In Judson v. Elliott Management Corp., No. 652185/2021, 2023 WL 1800998 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Feb. 06, 2023), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s age-based hostile work environment claim asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: While Plaintiff cannot state a claim for hostile…

Read More Age-Based Hostile Work Environment Sufficiently Alleged Against Elliott Management Corp.
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In In re McDonald’s Corporation Stockholder Derivative Litigation, 2023 WL 387292 (Del.Ch. Jan. 26, 2023), the court, inter alia, held that the stockholder plaintiffs successfully alleged a claim of breach of fiduciary duty against David Fairhurst, who served as Executive Vice President and Global Chief People Officer of McDonald’s Corporation until his termination. This case…

Read More McDonald’s Stockholders’ Duty of Loyalty Claim, Arising From Executive Vice President’s Alleged Acts of Sexual Harassment, Survives Dismissal
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In Heavans v. Dodaro, No. 22-836 (BAH), 2022 WL 17904237 (D.D.C. Dec. 23, 2022), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of discrimination based on his national origin (Iranian), but not his sex. With respect to the issue of whether the alleged offending conduct constitutes an actionable “adverse employment action,” the…

Read More National Origin Discrimination Claim, Based on Alleged “Mimicking” and “Caricaturing” Iranian Background and Accent, Survives Dismissal
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In Ferrell v. City of Wilmington et al, No. 21-1593-RGA, 2023 WL 1437765 (D.Del. Feb. 1, 2023), the court, inter alia, recommended that the court deny defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of a religion-based hostile work environment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the court rejected defendants’…

Read More Pork in Pocket, Among Other Evidence, Supports Finding That Religion-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Was Sufficiently Alleged
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In a recent decision, Young v. Colorado Department of Corrections et al, No. 22-cv-00145-NYW-KLM, 2023 WL 1437894 (D.Colo. Feb. 1, 2023), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Generally, in order to prevail on a hostile work environment claim (under…

Read More Mandatory Trainings Using Terms Such as “White Fragility” & “White Supremacy” Did Not Give Rise to Hostile Work Environment Claim, Court Holds
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