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On this Independence Day (2025), it is worthwhile to reflect on the ideals on which our country was founded. On example is the right to trial by jury. As recently summarized by the court in Texas v. Google LLC, 2025 WL 1713256 (E.D.Tex. June 18, 2025): The abrogation of the right to trial by jury…

Read More Jury Trials, the Seventh Amendment, and the Declaration of Independence
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In Bulic v. Celebrity Cruises, Inc., No. 25-21231-CIV-ALTONAGA/Reid, 2025 WL 1783865 (S.D.Fla. June 27, 2025), the court denied defendant’s motion to compel arbitration, based on its interpretation of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (EFAA). The court summarized the facts as follows: This case arises from an alleged incident of nonconsensual…

Read More Court Denies Motion to Compel Claims Arising From Alleged Cruise Ship Sexual Assault; Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act Applied
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In Williams v. NYC DSS-HRA, No. 101114/2024, 2025 WL 1810234 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County July 01, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s age-based hostile work environment claim under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: Plaintiffs also attempt to plead a hostile work environment under…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; Allegations Evidenced “Workplace Frustration ” and “Inter-Personal Issues”
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In Vargas v. City of New York, No. 151379/2024, 2025 WL 1797597 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County June 30, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of race- and gender-based discrimination and hostile work environment claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the…

Read More Race, Sex Discrimination & Hostile Work Environment Claims Sufficiently Alleged Against City of New York
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In Esqueda, M.D., Jonathan v. NYU Langone Hospitals, 2025 WL 1785870 (SDNY June 27, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s race- and national origin-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. After summarizing the black-letter law applicable…

Read More Race, National Origin-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed; Alleged Mocking of Accent Insufficient
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In Zimpfer v. Hilbert College, Case No. 1:21-cv-231, 2025 WL 1758266 (W.D.N.Y. June 25, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim asserted under the (amended) New York State Human Rights Law. From the decision: As to the NYSHRL hostile-work-environment claim, Defendants cite authority indicating that…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Sufficient to Withstand Summary Judgment Under Newly-Amended NYS Human Rights Law
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In Trump v. CASA, Inc., 2025 WL 1773631 (U.S. 2025), the U.S. Supreme Court ended the so-called “universal injunction” – here, an order issued by a single U.S. District Court to stop nationwide implementation of an Executive Order. While this case arose from challenges to the president’s Executive Order ending “birthright citizenship,” this decision does…

Read More U.S. Supreme Court Limits “Universal Injunctions” in “Birthright Citizenship” Case
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In Anderson v. The City of New York, No. 155791/2023, 2025 WL 1756499 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County June 25, 2025), the court, inter alia, plaintiff did not state a cause of action for retaliation under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: In his second cause of action, plaintiff brings…

Read More Retaliation Claim Dismissed; Complying With Drug Screening Was Not “Protected Activity” Under The NYC Human Rights Law
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In Collins, Sam v. Federal Express Corporation, 2025 WL 1764809 (2d Cir. June 26, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, inter alia, affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims as being time-barred. From the decision: We also agree that Collins’ hostile-work-environment claims are time-barred. A hostile work…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims Against FedEx Properly Dismissed as Time-Barred, 2nd Circuit Holds
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In Cherner v. CF Bankshares Inc., 24-CV-02812 (PMH), 2025 WL 1745864 (S.D.N.Y. June 23, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s gender discrimination claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Title VII “makes actionable any form of sex-based compensation discrimination.” Lenzi v. Systemax,…

Read More Male Plaintiff Sufficiently Alleges Gender Discrimination Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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