Employment Law

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In Owens v. PriceWaterHouseCoopers LLC, 1:24-cv-5517-GHW, 2025 WL 1677001 (S.D.N.Y. June 12, 2025), the court clarified the standard for “sexual harassment” claims asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. The court explained: The question, accordingly, becomes how to define the subset of discriminatory conduct that is also “sexual harassment.” As stated above, the…

Read More “Sexual Harassment” under the NYCHRL Need Not Be “Lewd or Sexual”; Motion to Compel Arbitration Denied
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In Baxter v. Swiftshift Inc., 24cv6241 (DLC), 2025 WL 1677712 (S.D.N.Y. June 13, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged claims of hostile work environment, under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws, because of her sex and domestic violence victim status. From the decision: Baxter has also stated a…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims, Based on Sex and Domestic Violence Victim Status, Survive Dismissal
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In Pike v. Budd, 133 F.4th 74 (1st Cir. 2025), the court vacated the lower court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s sexual harassment claim based on qualified immunity. The court summarized the alleged facts as follows: Plaintiff-Appellant Samantha Pike (“Pike”), a licensed alcohol and drug treatment counselor employed by Wellspring, Inc. (“Wellspring”), worked at Maine’s Adult Treatment…

Read More Section 1983 Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Dismissal
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In Rivera v. Target Corp., 24-CV-6965 (JPO), 2025 WL 1616863 (S.D.N.Y. June 6, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) discrimination claim, due to the failure to meet the “administrative exhaustion” requirement. From the decision: Rivera’s allegations before the EEOC made no reference to disability discrimination,…

Read More ADA Disability Discrimination Claim Dismissed Due to Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
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In Leavines, Isabella v. Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and Lorenzo Duffey, Civil Action No. 2:24-932, 2025 WL 1635192 (W.D.Pa. June 10, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s quid pro quo sexual harassment claim asserted in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: In Count II,…

Read More Title VII Quid Pro Quo Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Dismissal
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In Ruiz v. Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Anthony Botting, 2025 WL 1642406 (S.D.N.Y. June 10, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: I turn next to Plaintiff’s claim under the NYCHRL that…

Read More Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim, Asserted Under the NYC Human Rights Law, Survives Dismissal
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In Cosenza v. Rivian Automotive, LLC, Case No. 1:23-cv-01297-JEH, 2025 WL 1603911 (C.D.Ill. April 24, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff’s allegations met the “severe or pervasive” standard in connection with her claim of hostile work environment sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After reviewing…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Summary Judgment; Allegations Include “Nice Tits” and Other Comments
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In Regis v. Noem, Civil Action No. 24-2405 (SLS), 2025 WL 1580808 (D.D.C. June 4, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint alleging age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). Plaintiff, a 59 year-old former fingerprint specialist at the United States Secret Service, alleged that defendant subjected…

Read More Secret Service Fingerprint Specialist’s Age Discrimination Claim Survives Dismissal
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In Russo v. Tuttnauer USA Company Limited et al, 21-cv-1720 (JMA)(AYS), 2025 WL 1604063 (E.D.N.Y. June 6, 2025), the court granted defendants’ motion for remittitur as to the jury’s award of $2.5 million for compensatory damages on plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim. The court explained, and applied, the law as follows: Under applicable New York…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Emotional Damages Award of $2.5 Million Remitted to $1 Million
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In Russo v. Tuttnauer USA Company Limited et al, 21-cv-1720 (JMA)(AYS), 2025 WL 1604063 (E.D.N.Y. June 6, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for judgment as a matter of law, under Federal Rule of Procedure 50, on plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claims Survive Post-Trial Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law
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