FRCP 12(b)(6)

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In Shelton v. University Healthcare System, L.C., 2025 WL 816293 (E.D.La. March 14, 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. This decision is instructive on Title VII’s “severe or pervasive” standard for assessing such claims. From…

Read More Title VII Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; Additional Workload Did Not Amount to “Severe or Pervasive” Harassment
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In Little v. R & L Carriers, Inc. et al, 3:24-CV-836 (OAW), 2025 WL 744276 (D.Conn. March 9, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s race-based hostile work environment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: To establish a hostile work environment claim under…

Read More Title VII Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Dismissal
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In Borden v. City of New York, 23-CV-8330 (RPK) (CLP), 2025 WL 754147 (E.D.N.Y. March 10, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Plaintiff’s non-time barred allegations do not plausibly amount to…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed; Alleged Sexual Innuendo, Grabbing Were Not “Severe” or “Pervasive”
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In Gahfi v. New York City Department of Education, 23-cv-1782 (BMC), 2025 WL 675933 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 28, 2025), the court, inter alia, held that the plaintiff sufficiently alleged a claim of religion-based discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: “At the pleadings stage … a plaintiff must allege…

Read More Religious Discrimination Claims Survive Dismissal, Court Holds
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In Delancey v. Justin Wells, Fox Corporation, and Fox News Network, LLC, 23 Civ. 10357 (AT), 2025 WL 579971 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 21, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of hostile work environment sexual harassment asserted under the New York State Human Rights Law (which, explained the court, employs the…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Sexual Harassment Claim Sufficiently Alleged Against Fox
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In a recent case, Glapion v. Saks Fifth Avenue, LLC, No. 24-2232, 2025 WL 506649 (E.D.La. Feb. 14, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sex-based hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: To state a claim for hostile work…

Read More Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim, Based in Part on Alleged Harassment by Customer, Survives Dismissal
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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 Konate v. Actalent, Inc., Civil Action No. 23-4210 (ZNQ) (JBD), 2025 WL 289212 (D.N.J. Jan. 24, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims of pregnancy discrimination. As to plaintiff’s claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Law of 1964 – after explaining the black-letter law applicable to this…

Read More Pregnancy-Based Discriminatory Termination Claims, Under Title VII and NJLAD, Survive Dismissal
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In Ronen, Matthew v. Redroute, Inc. et al, 21-CV-2732 (RPK) (RML), 2025 WL 296551 (E.D.N.Y. Jan. 24, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of “associational discrimination” asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: Ronen has adequately pleaded a claim for discrimination based on association…

Read More Husband’s Associational Discrimination Claim, Based on Wife’s Pregnancy, Survives Dismissal
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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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