In Brown v. Montefiore Health System, Inc., No. 24-3078-cv, 2025 WL 2985389 (2d Cir. Oct. 23, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that plaintiff indeed stated a claim for a race-based hostile work environment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the New York State…
Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Plausibly AllegedIn Brown v. Montefiore Health System, Inc., No. 24-3078-cv, 2025 WL 2985389 (2d Cir. Oct. 23, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that plaintiff indeed stated a claim for a race-based discrimination (termination) claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the New York State Human…
Read More 2nd Circuit Vacates Lower Court Decision; Race-Based Termination Claim Survives DismissalIn Holsten v. Barclays Servs. LLC, No. 3:24CV844 (RCY), 2025 WL 2696991 (E.D. Va. Sept. 22, 2025), the court held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged a sex-based hostile work environment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and, therefore, in accordance with the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act…
Read More Title VII Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Sufficiently Alleged; Motion to Compel Arbitration DeniedIn Alwakzeh v. NYC School Support Services Inc., No. 161852/2023, 2025 WL 2962243 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Oct. 17, 2025), the court ruled on plaintiff’s claim for damages following an inquest on plaintiff’s claims of employment discrimination (based on religion and national origin) under the New York City Human Rights Law. As to plaintiff’s claim for…
Read More Court Awards $75,000 in Emotional Distress Damages on Employment Discrimination ClaimsIn Thompson v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 22-CV-4732 (EK)(SDE), 2025 WL 2962734 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 2, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s gender-based discrimination (failure to promote, transfer) claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: On a failure-to-promote claim, “it…
Read More Title VII Sex Discrimination (Failure to Promote, Transfer) Claims DismissedIn Baptiste v. The City University of New York, No. 150677/2025, 2025 WL 2556758, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 33325(U) (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Sep. 05, 2025), the court dismissed plaintiff’s claim on the ground of collateral estoppel. From the decision: The doctrine of collateral estoppel “bars the relitigation of an issue of fact…
Read More Discrimination Claims Dismissed Based on Collateral EstoppelIn Tillman . Grenadier Realty Corp., GRC Management, 2025 WL 2910611 (2d Cir. 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the lower court’s award of summary judgment to defendant on plaintiff’s claim of age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). From the decision: On appeal, Tillman argues that…
Read More Age Discrimination Claim Properly Dismissed; Financial Hardship Not Pretext for TerminationIn a recent decision, Aubrey Drake Graham v. UMG Recordings, 25-CV-0399 (JAV), 2025 WL 287960 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 9, 2025), the court, inter alia, dismissed rapper Drake’s complaint alleging defamation, arising from a lyric in a song (“Not Like Us”) accusing Drake of being a pedophile. Ultimately, the court ruled that the statement was nonactionable opinion.…
Read More Drake’s Defamation Complaint Dismissed; “Not Like Us” Statements Were Nonactionable OpinionIn Pizarro v. Quezada et al, No. 24-2422, 2025 WL 2865251 (2d Cir. Oct. 9, 2025) (Summary Order), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, inter alia, affirmed a lower court order denying defendants’ motion seeking remittitur of the jury’s award of $1.75 million in compensatory (emotional distress) damages. In sum, plaintiff alleged…
Read More 2nd Circuit Upholds $1.75 Million Emotional Distress Award to Sexual Harassment PlaintiffIn Cain v. United Mortgage Corp. and Emmanuel Catechis, 21-cv-3325 (BMC), 2025 WL 2932758 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 15, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the…
Read More Racially Hostile Work Environment, Based on “N—-r” Nickname, Survives Summary Judgment