Sex / Gender Discrimination

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In Martino v. Chenel Capital, LLC et al, No. 2023–04316, 3710, 2025 WL 516143 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept., Feb. 18, 2025), the Appellate Division, First Department unanimously reversed a lower court’s decision that the plaintiff failed to establish defendants’ liability for hostile work environment, sex discrimination, and retaliation under the New York State and City Human…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Sufficiently Presented at Inquest; Contrary Decision Reversed
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In Kulick v. Gordon Property Group, LLC et al, 23 Civ. 9928 (KPF), 2025 WL 448333 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 7, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged sex-based discrimination claims asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: The Court has analyzed Plaintiff’s NYSHRL and NYCHRL discrimination…

Read More Sex Discrimination Claims Survive Dismissal; Allegations Include Gender Stereotypical Nicknames and Insults of Weight and Appearance
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In Mahn v. Lawrence N. Mullman et al, Index No. 952263/23, Case No. 2024–03039, 2025 WL 408690 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept. Feb. 6, 2025), the Appellate Division, First Department, affirmed a lower court’s determination that the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (EFAA) did not invalidate the parties’ arbitration agreement.…

Read More Sexual Assault-Related Claims Subject to Arbitration and Not Barred by EFAA, Court Holds
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In Pachura v. Lloyd J. Austin III, 6:21-cv-316 (AMN/MJK), 2025 WL 371786 (N.D.N.Y. Feb. 3, 2025), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim. While the court found that plaintiff raised a triable issue of fact as to whether the work environment was objectively and subjectively “hostile,” the court found that…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Dismissed; Conduct Not Imputable to Employer
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In Puris v. TikTok Inc., 24cv944 (DLC), 2025 WL 343905 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 30, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment (sexual harassment) claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City Human Rights…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claims Against TikTok Survive Dismissal
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In O’Rear v. Armando Diaz et al, 24 Civ. 1669, 2025 WL 283169 (S.D.N.Y., Jan. 23, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of sexual harassment asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL). In this case, the plaintiff alleges that, after a holiday happy hour, defendant Diaz…

Read More Plaintiff Sufficiently Alleges Sexual Battery, Sexual Harassment Based on Alleged Company Holiday Party Rape
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In Campbell v. Authentic Brands Group LLC, No. 155160/2020, 2025 WL 104601 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Jan. 15, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s cause of action for sex-based discrimination against certain defendants. From the decision: Campbell has sufficiently stated a cause of action for sex-based discrimination against…

Read More Sex-Based Discrimination Sufficiently Alleged; Allegations Included Comments About Appearance and Hair Touching
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In Bhuiyan v. Department of Treasury, 2025 WL 79634 (S.D.Ohio Jan. 13, 2025), the court adopted a Magistrate Judge’s Report & Recommendation granting defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment sexual harassment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: “Sexual harassment that results in a ‘hostile…

Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Dismissed, Buttcrack Exposure Notwithstanding
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In Rogers v. Voltron Data, Inc., Civil Action No.: 24-84 (RC), 2024 WL 4647644 (D.D.C. Oct. 31, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of race and sex discrimination. The court rejected defendants’ allegations that plaintiff’s allegations were “threadbare”, explaining: [Plaintiff’s complaint] contains plenty of “factual matter, accepted as true,…

Read More Race, Sex Discrimination Claims Plausibly Alleged; Allegations Include Less Compensation and Denial of Superior Title
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In Woo v. The City of New York, No. 161109/2022, 2025 WL 65869 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Jan. 8, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s quid pro quo and hostile work environment sexual harassment claims. From the decision: The issue in a quid pro quo sexual harassment case brought…

Read More Sexual Harassment Claims Survive Dismissal; Allegations Included That Punitive Assignments Followed Drink Request Refusal
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