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In Arizzo v. Ethicon, Inc., No. 159122/2023, 2025 WL 1047066 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Apr. 03, 2025), the court denied plaintiff’s motion to amend their complaint to add hostile work environment claims under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws against a proposed defendant (Ethicon US). In sum, the court held…

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In Knox v. CRC Management Co., LLC, No. 23-121, 2025 WL 1057862 (2d Cir. April 9, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, inter alia, vacated a lower court Order dismissing plaintiff’s claims, on summary judgment, of race- and national origin-based termination. From the decision: Knox alleges that Clean Rite’s decision to…

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A recent decision, Perrotte v. Bloomberg L.P. et al, No. 2024-03283, 4061, 451470/20, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 02046, 2025 WL 1033707 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept., Apr. 08, 2025), the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department illustrates how courts assess discovery disputes in an employment discrimination case. From the decision: Supreme Court providently exercised its…

Read More First Department Assesses Discovery of Internal Complaints, Cell Phone in Sexual Harassment Case
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In Menos v. Uncle Nearest, Inc. et al, 22-CV-1449 (PKC) (PK), 2025 WL 917347 (E.D.N.Y. March 25, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sexual harassment claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: Plaintiff’s sexual harassment claims rely predominantly on three…

Read More Sexual Harassment Claims Survive Summary Judgment; Allegations Include Touching, Inquiries Into Personal Life, Late-Night Text Messages
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In Beatty v. NYC District Council of Carpenters and Joiners of America, 1:23-cv-02126 (ALC) (SN), 2025 WL 963307 (S.D.N.Y. March 31, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Survive Summary Judgment; Evidence Included Appearance-Related Jokes and Comments
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In Franco v. City of New York et al, 19-CV-5905 (AMD) (CLP), 2025 WL 964014 (E.D.N.Y. March 31, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s discrimination (sexual harassment) claim asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL). From the decision: The Second Circuit has held that under…

Read More Citing Evidence of Buttocks Grinding & Arm Caressing, Court Denies Motion for Summary Judgment on Sexual Harassment Claim
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In Brazzano v. Thompson Hine LLP et al, 24-CV-01420 (ALC)(KHP), 2025 WL 96311 (S.D.N.Y. March 31, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied the defendants’ motion to compel arbitration of plaintiff’s sexual harassment claim under the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (EFAA). Specifically, the court held that plaintiff plausibly…

Read More Sexual Harassment Claims Plausibly Alleged; Motion to Compel Arbitration Denied Under Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021
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In Young v. Bessemer Trust Co., N.A, No. 154722/2020, 2025 WL 928439 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Mar. 25, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s race/national origin discrimination claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: The Court finds that…

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In Pierluissi v. City of New York, No. 153439/2023, 2025 WL 928908 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Mar. 26, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race & national origin-based hostile work environment claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. In general, plaintiff alleges that defendants…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims, Based on Race & National Origin, Survive Dismissal
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In Ferdous v Hasan, No. 2023-01005, 706543/22, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 01789, 2025 WL 908293 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept., Mar. 26, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged a cause of action for hostile work environment sexual harassment. From the decision: A hostile work environment on the basis of sex exists ‘when the…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Dismissal, NY Appellate Division Holds
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