In O’Connor v. Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., No. 158198/2024, 2025 WL 3709253 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Dec. 17, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff failed to state a claim of sex discrimination under the New York City Human Rights Law. After determining that plaintiff not receiving a promotion constituted an “adverse employment action,” it…
Read More Sex Discrimination Claims Against Citigroup DismissedIn Ibrahim v. Marco A. Rubio, No. 1:24-CV-02915 (TNM), 2025 WL 3718637 (D.D.C. Dec. 23, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s age discrimination claim asserted under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). From the decision: Ibrahim states a plausible ADEA claim. He is 65 years old. Compl. ¶ 47.…
Read More U.S. Embassy Employee Plausibly Alleges ADEA Age Discrimination Claim, Court HoldsIn Marlin v. Daniel P. Driscoll, Secy’ of the Army, No. 1:21-CV-00989 (CJN), 2025 WL 3640628 (D.D.C. Dec. 16, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s disability-based hostile work environment claim. From the decision: Marlin argues that she was “subjected to a hostile work environment from at least 2012…
Read More Disability-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; Alleged Conduct Over Several Years InsufficientIn Quinn v. Austin, No. CV 24-10285-NMG, 2025 WL 2841890 (D. Mass. Oct. 7, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: In support of a hostile work environment claim in this case, Quinn…
Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed, Notwithstanding Confederate Flag AllegationIn Croswell v. 7 Rising Star Inc., No. 520808/2024, 2025 WL 3634069 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Dec. 09, 2025), the court found defendants liable, and awarded plaintiff substantial damages, for her claim of sexual harassment under the New York City Human Rights Law. The court summarized the law, and applied it to the facts, as follows:…
Read More Sexual Harassment Plaintiff Awarded Damages, Following InquestIn Boliak v. Father Michael P. Reilly et al, No. 153941/16, 2025 WL 3672342 (N.Y. App. Div. 1 Dept. Dec. 18, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that the lower court improperly dismissed plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims under the “ministerial exception.” From the decision: Plaintiffs Boliak, Maureen Smith, and Thomas Rodes were all employed…
Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims Not Barred by the “Ministerial Exception”, First Department HoldsIn Sander v. Westchester Reform Temple, 2025 NY Slip Op 06958 (N.Y. Ct. Appeals Dec. 16, 2025), the New York Court of Appeals held that plaintiff’s discrimination claim was barred by the “ministerial exception.” From the decision: Plaintiff Jessie Sander alleges that she was fired from her teaching position at Westchester Reform Temple for co-authoring…
Read More NY Court of Appeals Holds “Ministerial Exception” Bars Plaintiff’s Discrimination Claim; Declines to Rule on Scope of “Recreational Activities” Discrimination StatuteIn Bonafede v. Museum of Modern Art, No. 150557/2024, 2025 WL 3634707 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Dec. 11, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged a claim of hostile work environment under the New York City Human Rights Law. The court summarized the facts as follows: Bonafede brings this action as a result…
Read More MoMA Performer Sufficiently Alleges NYCHRL Hostile Work Environment Claim, Court HoldsIn Alegria v. Textron Specialized Vehicles, No. CV 125-087, 2025 WL 3565340 (S.D. Ga. Dec. 12, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of race discrimination asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Here, Plaintiff’s general allegations of unequal terms and conditions of…
Read More Race Discrimination Claim Dismissed; “Picked On” By Coworkers Allegation InsufficientIn Kamara-Sherif v. City of New York, No. 451842/2023, 2025 WL 3530092 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Dec. 03, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s caregiver status discrimination claim asserted under teh New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: The NYCHRL expressly prohibits discrimination in employment “because of an individual’s…
Read More NYC Human Rights Law Caregiver Status Discrimination Claim Sufficiently Alleged, Court Holds