Sex / Gender Discrimination

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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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In Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Fred Meyer Stores, Inc., NO. 4:24-CV-5085-TOR, 2024 WL 5077603 (E.D.Wash., 2024), the court denied defendant’s motion to dismiss or for a more definite statement (pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(e)). From the decision: In the present matter, the Complaint satisfies the requirement of a hostile work environment…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Sufficiently Alleged; Motion to Dismiss or For More Definite Statement Denied
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In Zuber v. Republic First Bancorp Inc., No. 23-991, 2024 WL 5147018 (E.D.Pa. Dec. 17, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As to whether the alleged harassment was sufficiently “severe or pervasive”, the…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Survives Summary Judgment; Court Cited Alleged Request to Have Sex at Work Despite Prior Rejection
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In Urban v. 35 East 19th Street Medicine, P.C., No. 151191/2024, 2024 WL 5248282 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Dec. 20, 2024), a gender/pregnancy discrimination case, the court granted the defendant’s motion to compel arbitration. From the decision: New York public policy favors enforcement of contracts for arbitration (Cooper v Bruckner, 21 A.D.3d 758…

Read More Court Grants Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration of Gender/Pregnancy Discrimination Claims
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