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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 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 Hamilton v. Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc., 2025 WL 863572 (S.D.N.Y. March 18, 2025), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims. After summarizing the black-letter law, the court applied it to the facts as follows: Plaintiff alleges that he experienced “a pattern of activity aimed at bringing about [his] resignation.” (Am. Compl.…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed; Allegations Failed to Rise to the Level of “Severe or Pervasive”; Causation Not Shown
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In Beniquez v. New York Sate Unified Court System and Gerald Filomio, 23cv7735 (DLC), 2025 WL 861299 (S.D.N.Y. March 18, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied an individual defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s claims of gender discrimination (hostile work environment sexual harassment) asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws.…

Read More Sexual Harassment Claims Under the NYS and NYC Human Rights Laws Survive Against Individual Defendant
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In Alcy v. Northwell Health, Inc., 2025 WL 835647 (S.D.N.Y. March 14, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of a race-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: With respect to Portoro, Plaintiff alleges that discriminatory…

Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Claim, Based on Alleged Race-Based Comment (But Not Disproportionate Workload) Survives Summary Judgment
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In Hayes v. G&E Real Estate Management Services d/b/a Newmark, 24-cv-01459 (ER), 2025 WL 769162 (S.D.N.Y. March 11, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of race discrimination asserted under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Plaintiff asserted that she suffered discrimination in the form of various “adverse employment actions” – including…

Read More Race Discrimination Claim Survives Dismissal; Under Muldrow Standard, Negative Performance Review Was an “Adverse Employment Action”
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In Modny et al v. Foley Hoag LLP et al, 24-CV-5586 (JMF), 2025 WL 487308 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 12, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s national origin discrimination claims. From the decision: [T]he Court rejects the Moving Defendants’ challenge to Modny’s national origin disparate treatment claim under Title VII, the NYCHRL,…

Read More National Origin, and Other, Discrimination Claims Survive Dismissal
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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 Schoenadel v. YouGov America Inc., 22-cv-10236 (AS), 2025 WL 371089 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 3, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s gender-based discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City Human Rights Law.…

Read More Citing “Mama Fratelli” Nickname, Court Denies Summary Judgment on Title VII Gender Discrimination/Constructive Discharge Claim
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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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