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In Sacchi v. The Ribbon Worldwide LLC, No. 154663/2024, 2026 WL 676206 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Feb. 25, 2026), the court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of weight discrimination asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: Here, as an initial matter, this court finds that the NYSHRL…

Read More Weight Discrimination Claims Dismissed; Allegations Amounted to “Speculation”
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In Nicholson v. Michael Rigas, Acting Adm’r, Gen. Servs. Admin., No. 24-2894 (RBW), 2026 WL 686071 (D.D.C. Mar. 11, 2026), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: [T]he Court concludes that the plaintiff…

Read More Title VII Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; Indirect Race-Based Association of Comment Insufficient
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In Lara-Nieves v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico et al, No. CV 24-1358 (RAM), 2026 WL 658905 (D.P.R. Mar. 9, 2026), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim asserted under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. After summarizing the black-letter law – including the principle that…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment 14th Amendment Equal Protection Claim Survives Dismissal
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In Neel v. New York University, No. 655743/2023, 2026 WL 623701 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Feb. 26, 2026), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of discrimination under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: To state a claim for discrimination under NYSRHL and NYCHRL a plaintiff…

Read More Religion-Based Discrimination Claims Survive Dismissal Against New York University
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In Cagle v. Duro-Hilex Poly, LLC, No. 3:24-CV-154 (JCH), 2026 WL 628137 (D. Conn. Mar. 5, 2026), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiffs’ race- and color-based disparate treatment and hostile work environment under the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act. (Note: I am not admitted to practice law in Connecticut;…

Read More Race/Color Based Disparate Treatment and Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Summary Judgment
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In Matter of People of the State of N.Y. v. Commons West, LLC, 2026 NY Slip Op 01253 (N.Y. App. Div. 3d Dept. March 5, 2026), the court upheld a lower court’s determination that New York’s law prohibiting housing discrimination based on lawful source of income, N.Y. Executive Law § 296 (5)(a)(1), is unconstitutional on…

Read More New York’s “Source of Income” Housing Discrimination Law Held Facialy Unconstitutional on Fourth Amendment Grounds
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In Barnes-Gray v. Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC, No. 2:23-CV-325-JEM, 2026 WL 591730 (N.D. Ind. Mar. 3, 2026), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims of retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 42 U.S.C. § 1981. From the decision: The methods for…

Read More Retaliation Claims Dismissed; Adverse Action Did Not Occur After Reporting of Racially Offensive Comments
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In Memmer v. United Wholesale Mortgage, No. 23-CV-10921, 2026 WL 561393, at *8 (E.D. Mich. Feb. 27, 2026), the court, inter alia, granted defendants’ motion to compel arbitration and to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint, finding that plaintiff’s claims did not trigger the application of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of…

Read More Sexual Harassment Insufficiently Alleged; EFAA Inapplicable; Arbitration Compelled
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In Blanchard v. Kiewit Power Constructors Co., No. 1:25-CV-423, 2026 WL 587674 (N.D.N.Y. Mar. 3, 2026), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim asserted under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). From the decision; With respect to defendant’s exhaustion of administrative remedies argument, plaintiff indeed did not assert a hostile work environment…

Read More ADA Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; PTSD Comments Were “Offensive” But Not “Extraordinarily Severe”
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