In Dass v. The City University of New York (Hostos Community College), 18-cv-11325, 2020 WL 1922689 (SDNy April 21, 2020), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s gender discrimination claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. As…
Read More Gender Discrimination Sufficiently Alleged Against CUNY/HostosIn Shojae v. Harlem Hospital Center et al, 2020 WL 1862293 (S.D.N.Y. April 14, 2020), the court held that the filing of a charge of discrimination with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) tolls the statute of limitations under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. In this employment discrimination case,…
Read More Filing of EEOC Charge Tolls Statute of Limitations Under NYS and NYC Human Rights Laws, Court HoldsIn Boyce-Herbert v. New York and Presbyterian Hospital, 2020 WL 376788 (E.D.N.Y. Jan. 23, 2020), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s employment discrimination claims.[1]Initially, the court held that plaintiff’s discrimination claims were time-barred, but addressed the merits of plaintiff’s claims in an “abundance of caution.” The court listed the elements that a plaintiff must demonstrate in…
Read More Age/Race/Gender/Religious Discrimination Claims Dismissed Against NY and Presbyterian HospitalIn some cases, displays of racially- and/or sexually-charged content (e.g., videos) at work might be evidence of actionable employment discrimination. That is, of course, not an ironclad rule. Consider, for example, the recent case of Johnson v. IAC/InterActiveCorp, 2020 NY Slip Op 00488 (NY App. Div. 1st Dept. Jan. 23, 2020), in which the New York Appellate…
Read More “Offensive” Content Shown at Work Insufficient to Demonstrate Disparate Treatment, Court HoldsIn Saltzman v. Exlservice Holdings Inc., No. 154361/2019, 2019 WL 6843028 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Dec. 11, 2019), the court denied defendants’ motion to compel arbitration of plaintiff’s gender discrimination and retaliation claims asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. In sum, plaintiff asserts that defendants treated her worse than similarly-situated…
Read More Gender Discrimination and Retaliation Claims Not Subject to Arbitration Clause, Court HoldsIn Scalercio-Isenberg v. Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc., 2019 WL 6916099 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 19, 2019), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s failure-to-hire gender discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: [Plaintiff] has failed to make out a prima facie case that she suffered age or gender discrimination when…
Read More Failure-to-Hire Gender Discrimination Claim Dismissed Against Morgan StanleyIn Doton v. City of Syracuse, 11-CV-620, 2019 WL 6337326 (NDNY Nov. 27, 2019), a gender discrimination case, the court ruled on various motions in limine with respect to evidence the parties seek to introduce at the upcoming trial. Among other issues addressed by the court, defendants sought to preclude Plaintiff from offering “me too” evidence “regarding…
Read More Court Discusses “Me Too” Evidence in Gender Discrimination CaseIn Katsoolis v. Liquid Media Group, Ltd., 2019 WL 6050972 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 15, 2019), the court ruled on proposed amendments to plaintiff’s employment discrimination complaint under the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL). This case is instructive as to how courts assess complaints for facial sufficiency vis-a-vis the issue of discriminatory motive/intent in an…
Read More Proposed Gender Discrimination Claims Sufficiently Alleged Against Liquid Media Group“Clever men may easily conceal their motivations.” Thus writes the Second Circuit in a recent case, Khanna v. MUFG Union Bank, N.A., 2019 WL 6127418 (2d Cir. Nov. 19, 2019) (Summary Order), in which the court vacated the district court’s dismissal – under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) – of plaintiff’s race and gender…
Read More 2d Circuit Revives Race/Gender Discrimination ClaimsIn O’Rourke v. National Foreign Trade Council, No. 10104, 156502/16, 2019 N.Y. Slip Op. 07489, 2019 WL 5232866 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept., Oct. 17, 2019), the court unanimously affirmed the lower court’s decision (by Supreme Court judge Alan Marin) to deny defendant’s motion to dismiss for gender discrimination and retaliation under the New York City Human…
Read More City HRL Retaliation Claim Stated; Court Cites Threat to “Make the Situation Worse” For Plaintiff if She Continued to Complain